§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many young persons were admitted to hospitals in each of the last five years with alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information which is readily available is shown in the following table.
Number of admissions of 15–19 year olds to mental illness hospitals and units for alcohol misuse, 1977 to 1981: England Year of admission Number of Admissions* 1977 79 1978 90 1979 88 1980 133 1981 100 * Admissions with primary diagnosis of alcoholism or alcohol psychosis (1977, 1978) or main diagnosis of alcohol dependence syndrome, alcohol psychosis or non-dependent abuse of alcohol (1979–1981). Note: Figures for 1979–1981 are not fully comparable with those for 1977–1978 because of changes in the definition of primary/main diagnosis and in the classification of the diseases.