§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the number of mentally handicapped people in need of special services in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 19 June to his question.—[Vol. 6, c.466.]
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what assumptions were made concerning the number of 165W mentally handicapped persons in Wales in need of special services and the proportion of these who should be transferred from institutional care back to the community, in quantifying, in the draft report "All Wales Plan for the Mentally Handicapped", a need for 49 local hospital units of 32 beds to meet requirements of the mentally handicapped of Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 June. —[Vol. 6, c.414–15.] No assumptions have been made of the number of mentally handicapped persons in Wales in need of special services and of the proportion of these who could be transferred from institutional care back to the community. The concept of the 32 bed units was a starting point for a discussion of what might be required to provide more locally based services.