§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what resources he is making available to finance community programmes for the old, mentally ill and mentally handicapped.
§ Mr. John PattenAdditional resources of £6 million over three years are being made available for demonstration development districts for elderly people. with psychiatric disorders, and £9 million also over three years to help health authorities get mentally handicapped children out of large mental handicap hospitals. Some £99.5 million joint finance has been made available in 1984–85 to develop community-based services, principally for the elderly, the mentally ill and the mentally handicaped. Health authorities may provide further finance from within their main allocations.