HL Deb 12 July 1984 vol 454 cc1167-70WA
Lord Stallard

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will give figures detailing the children currently resident in long-stay abnormality hospitals by:

  1. (i) age of children;
  2. (ii) district health authority;
  3. (iii) local authority social services department; and
  4. (iv) length of time of residency.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security (Lord Glenarthur)

Information is not available in the form requested. Information on the numbers of children resident in mental handicap hospitals and units at 31st December 1982, the latest available date, is given in Table 1 below. The figures include children who are not normally resident but are receiving short periods of assessment or care, and also children in NHS community-based provision. Information on the local authority areas from which these children came is not readily available centrally. The length of time in hospital is not collected centrally, but estimates are given in Table 2. Mental handicap hospitals and units are not classified by the length of time patients stay, so the tables cover all such hospitals and units.

TABLE 1
Resident patients aged under 16 years in mental handicap hospitals and units in England at 31st December 1982
Numbers (provisional)
Regional Health Authority and District Health Authority* Under 2 2–4 Age Group 5–9 Years 10–15 Total Under 16 years
NORTHERN RHA
North Tees — 2 1 4 7
West Cumbria — — — 11 11
Darlington — 1 1 12 14
Durham 1 3 8 28 40
Northumberland — — 4 42 46
Regional Total 1 6 14 97 118

YORKSHIRE RHA
Hull — 2 5 15 22
Scunthorpe — — 2 8 10
York — — 2 15 17
Bradford — — 1 22 23
Airedale — — — 1 1
Calderdale — — 2 7 9
Leeds Eastern — 3 3 16 22
Wakefield — — 2 27 29
Regional Total — 5 17 111 133

TRENT RHA
North Derbyshire — — 4 12 16
South Derbyshire — — 1 18 19
Leicestershire — — 2 19 21
North Lincolnshire — — 1 25 26
South Lincolnshire — — — 2 2
Bassetlaw — — 1 4 5
Central Nottinghamshire — — — 9 9
Nottingham — — 5 16 21
Doncaster — 1 4 10 15
Rotherham — — 2 10 12
Sheffield — 3 5 8 16
Regional Total — 4 25 133 162

EAST ANGLIAN RHA
Cambridge — 1 6 14 21
Peterborough — — 1 6 7
East Suffolk — — 3 9 12
Norwich — — 4 17 21
Great Yarmouth — — 2 5 7
Regional Total — 1 16 51 68

NORTH WEST THAMES RHA
North Bedfordshire — 1 1 6 8
NW Hertfordshire 1 2 10 37 50
SW Hertfordshire — — 1 14 15
Barnet — — — 4 4
Brent — — — 8 8
Regional Total 1 3 12 69 85

NORTH EAST THAMES RHA
Basildon and Thurrock — — 3 8 11
Mid-Essex — — 1 7 8
North-East Essex — — 7 27 34
Barking, Havering and Brentwood — — 2 7 9
City and Hackney — — — 1 1
Tower Hamlets — 1 6 — 7
Enfield — 1 4 8 13
Waltham Forest — — 1 6 7
Regional Total — 2 24 64 90

Numbers (provisional)
Regional Health Authority and District Health Authority* Under 2 2–4 Age Group 5–9 Years 10–15 Total Under 16 years
SOUTH EAST THAMES RHA
Brighton — — 1 6 7
Hastings — — 1 7 8
South East Kent — — 10 7 17
Canterbury and Thanet — 1 1 6 8
Dartford and Gravesham — — 3 3 6
Medway 2 7 7 2 18
Tunbridge Wells — — 2 8 10
Greenwich — 4 6 21 31
Bromley — 2 6 12 20
Regional Total 2 14 37 72 125

SOUTH WEST THAMES RHA
North West Surrey — — 1 8 9
Mid-Surrey — — — 6 6
East Surrey — — 2 16 18
Mid-Downs — — 1 15 16
Croydon — — — 9 9
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton — — — 3 3
Merton and Sutton — 1 11 72 84
Regional Total — 1 15 129 145

WESSEX RHA
East Doreset — — 6 11 17
West Dorset — — 8 26 34
Portsmouth 1 2 16 40 59
SW Hampshire and Hampshire — 1 3 17 21
Salisbury — 3 1 5 9
Swindon — — 6 20 26
West Wiltshire and Bath — — 2 9 11
Isle of Wight — — 3 10 13
Regional Total 1 6 45 138 190

OXFORD RHA
East Berkshire — — 2 21 23
West Berkshire — — 7 15 22
Aylesbury — — 3 8 11
Kettering — 5 3 2 10
Northampton — 1 12 23 36
Oxfordshire — — 4 6 10
Regional Total — 6 31 75 112
SOUTH WESTERN RHA
Bristol and Weston — 1 2 6 9
Frenchay — — — 19 19
Southmead — 1 — 6 7
Cornwall and Isle of Scilly — 1 4 31 36
Exeter — — 2 12 14
Plymouth — — 3 13 16
Torbay — — 2 15 17
Gloucester — — 1 8 9
Somerset — — — 5 5
Regional Total — 3 14 115 132

Numbers (provisional)
Regional Health Authority and District Health Authority* Under 2 2–4 Age Group 5–9 Years 10–15 Total Under 16 years
WEST MIDLANDS RHA
Herefordshire 1 — 1 2 4
Kidderminster and District — — 4 27 31
Mid-Staffordshire — — 3 2 5
North-Staffordshire — — 3 12 15
North Warwickshire 1 3 2 23 29
South Warwickshire — — 2 7 9
Coventry — — 1 2 3
Dudley — 1 1 11 13
Walsall — 1 4 25 30
Regional Total 2 5 21 111 139

MERSEY RHA
Crewe — — 2 12 14
Halton — — 3 8 11
Warrington — — — 4 4
Liverpool— Eastern Sector — — 5 18 23
North Sefton — — 1 6 7
Regional Total — — 11 48 59

NORTH WESTERN RHA
Lancaster — — 1 14 15
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley — — 4 14 18
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale — — 1 9 10
West Lancashire — — 3 5 8
Bolton — 1 — 1 2
Rochdale — 4 — 4 8
Salford — — 2 4 6
Tameside and Glossop — — 2 2 4
Regional Total — 5 13 53 71

England Total 7 61 295 1,266 1,629
*District Health Authorities with no recorded resident patients under 16 years are not shown.

Table 2
Estimated length of stay of resident patients aged under 16 years in mental handicap hospitals and units in England at 31st December 1982
Numbers (provisional)
Age Group (Years)
Length of Stay Under 2 2–4 5–9 10–15 0–15
Under 1 year 7 43 126 287 463
1 year— — 11 35 76 122
2 years— — 7 33 75 115
3 years— — — 35 174 209
5 years and over — — 66 654 720
Total 7 61 295 1,266 1,629