§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have received hospital treatment from causes related to drug taking in Liverpool and Merseyside in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe only information available centrally in the form requested by the hon. Member relates to patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals from 1979. The table sets out admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units of patients with a main diagnosis of drug dependence, non-dependent abuse of drugs, or drug psychoses. Information is not centrally available about patients treated as outpatients, and patients admitted to other hospitals.
Admission to mental illness hospitals and units 1979 1980 1981 1982 Liverpool *2 5 9 1 Merseyside *10 19 35 48 * Excluding non-dependent abuse of drugs.