HC Deb 29 June 1984 vol 62 cc561-2W
Mr. Wainwright

asked 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 how 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 Patten

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 135-36]: I regret that the provisional figure of 86 outpatient attendances in 1982 given for the metropolitan district of Kirklees was incorrect and should have been 36.