HC Deb 01 November 1983 vol 47 cc348-9W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places there are for mentally handicapped people in (a) local authority homes and hostels and (b) voluntary and private registered homes, expressed as a total and as a rate per 100,000 total population for the most recent available year and for the previous 10 years.

Mr. John MacKay

The information requested is available only for 1979 and subsequent years and is set out in the first of the following tables. Prior to 1979, such information is available only for the mentally handicapped and mentally ill together and is shown for the years 1973 to 1982 in the second table. Figures for 1975 are not available.

Homes for the Mentally Handicapped 1979–1982
1979 1980 1981 *1982
Local Authority
Number of Places 594 561 624 707
Rate per 100,000 total population 11.5 10.9 12.1 13.7
Registered
Number of Places 493 532 531 535
Rate per 100,000 total population 9.5 10.3 10.3 10.4
Total
Number of Places 1,087 1,093 1,155 1,242
Rate per 100,000 total population 21.0 21.2 22.4 24.0
* Provisional.
Homes for the Mentally Handicapped and Mentally Ill 1973–1982
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 *1982
Local Authority
Number of Places 270 325 475 533 560 732 728 794 942
Rate per 100,000 total population 5.2 6.2 9.1 10.3 10.8 14.2 14.1 15.4 18.2
Registered
Number of Places 189 243 467 500 503 523 574 579 583
Rate per 100,000 total population 3.6 4.6 9.0 9.6 9.7 10.1 11.1 11.2 11.3
Total
Number of Places 459 568 942 1,033 1,063 1,255 1,302 1,373 1,525
Rate per 100,000 total population 8.8 10.9 18.1 19.9 20.5 24.3 25.3 26.7 29.5
* Provisional.