§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Her Majesty's Government consider there to be a relationship between the incidence of hyperactivity in children and chemical additives in food and drink; to what extent his Department sponsors research in this field; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 15 March 1984, at columns259–60, to the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton).
§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what are the results arising from his Department's expenditure on drug-orientated therapy for hyperactive children;
579W(2) to what extent his Department, through the National Health Service, funds drug-orientated therapy for the treatment of hyperactivity in children; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not available, centrally or locally, on methods of treatment adopted by individual doctors in dealing with clinical conditions where hyperactivity is a symptom. Consequently, it is not possible to identify the cost of a particular form of treatment, or to measure the results of that treatment.