§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many people in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Kirklees are in receipt of long term nonresidential treatment for permanent mental handicap; and now many people in both areas are receiving short-term residential treatment for mental illness;
(2) how many people in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Kirklees are currently receiving long-term residential treatment for permanent mental handicap.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not collected centrally in precisely the form requested. The available information is given in the table.
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Metropolitan county of west Yorkshire Metropolitan district of Kirklees Persons* in residential accommodation for the mentally handicapped supported by local authorities on 31 March 1983 615 106 Places available at adult training centres for the mentally handicapped on 31 March 1983 2,052 315 Mental handicap hospitals and units within local authority area: Resident patients† on 31 December 1982 ‡1,249 ‡63 Out-patient attendances║ in 1982 ‡368 ‡86 Day patients attending main hospital ‡2,561 Nil Attendances at day hospitals Nil Nil Persons* in residential accommodation for the mentally ill supported by local authorities at 31 March 1983 173 18 Resident† patients in mental illness hospitals and units within local authority area on 31 December 1982 ‡3,031 ‡1,082 * Includes persons accommodated outside the area and persons lodging in private households. † Figures are not collected separately on short and long-term patients. ‡ Provisional figures. ║ Attendances at outpatient clinics conducted anywhere by the psychiatric medical staff of the mental handicap hospitals and units. Patients who attend more than once are counted separately for each attendance.