§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether it is Her Majesty's Government's policy that secure facilities should be part of the district or supra-district mental health service plans.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Government's policy is that every regional health authority should have, as part of its overall range of psychiatric provision, an adequate number of places available in secure facilities, including regional secure units. The deployment of secure facilities and the extent of their catchment areas are matters for individual health authorities. Such facilities may be provided on a regional or subregional basis.