§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many reports of development teams looking into the running of homes for the mentally handicapped have been published; and on how many occasions he is aware that reports have been leaked during the past three years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe development team visits health and local authorities at their request to advise on their mental handicap services, and publication of its reports in the past has always been a matter for those authorities. The Department does not collect any information about the number of reports which have been published, either with or without the agreement of the authorities concerned. The hon. Member might like to know that we shall shortly be issuing a consultation document about the handling of the team's reports in future.