§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services how many day care places are available for the young physically handicapped; and how many were available in May 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonFigures on local authority provision of day care places for the young physically handicapped are provided in "Adult Training Centres for the Mentally Handicapped and Day Centres for the Mentally Ill, the Elderly and the Younger Physically Handicapped", produced annually by the Department and placed in the Library of the House.
The latest available information is for 31 March 1982 and is as follows, together with equivalent information for March 1979. There are no figures for May 1979.
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Local Authority Day Care Places for Younger Physically Handicapped People—England 31 March 1979 31 March 1982 Day centres for physically handicapped people 10,475 9,382 Day provision in residential homes 81 284 "Mixed" day centres (for physically handicapped and other client groups) *3,793 *3,854 Total 14,349 13,520 * Estimates. These figures do not include voluntary provision, nor do they accurately reflect trends in the changing pattern of overall day care provision, in which day centres form only one part.