§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many psychiatric day hospitals there are in Northern Ireland, as a whole and in each of the areas covered by the health boards and in the Belfast, East constituency; and how many people are catered for in each of these areas.
§ Mr. John PattenThere are nine psychiatric day hospitals in Northern Ireland. The numbers of hospitals and persons attending at 31 December 1981 by health and social services board area are as follows. Records are not held for parliamentary constituencies, but the figures in brackets give details for the East Belfast and Castlereagh district of the Eastern health and social services board.
Health and Social Services Board Number of Day Hospitals Number of Persons Attending Eastern 5 95 (1) (15) Northern 1 39 Southern 2 37 Western 1 24 Northern Ireland 9 195