§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many community psychiatric nurses there are working for each of the area health boards in Northern Ireland and in the Belfast, East parliamentary constituency;
(2) how many community psychiatric nurses there are working in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. John PattenThere are 73 community psychiatric nurses in Northern Ireland employed in the four health and social services boards as follows:
Mental illness Mental handicap Eastern board 22 4 Northern board 8 — Southern board 10 4 Western board 22 3 The nature of their work is such that community psychiatric nurses are not limited to districts within each board area and it is not possible therefore to provide a breakdown of these figures for parliamentary constituencies.