HC Deb 18 January 1982 vol 16 cc51-2W
Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services by what amount the pensioners' Christmas bonus would need to be raised in order to restore its purchasing power to that at its introduction.

whose discharge required the consent of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the advice of either the responsible medical officer or a mental health review tribunal.

Special Hospital Discharges by Mental Health Review Tribunal All other discharges
Broadmoor
1976 2 33
1977 5 33
1978 2 26
1979 3 24
1980 23
Moss Side
1976 6 9
1977 5 8
1978 6 5
1979 2 7
1980 2 3
Rampton
1976 21 9
1977 29 18
1978 24 26
1979 29 15
1980 18 33

Summarised information available centrally on patients re-admitted to special hospitals does not identify the date or the mode of earlier discharge. The following table gives such information as is available concerning patients re-admitted in the years concerned:

Mr. Rossi

To restore the real value it had in 1972, the Christmas bonus would have to be increased by £25, rounded to the nearest pound.