§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer, Official Report, 25 April, column 118, if he will list for each of the statistical bulletins, the title, date of publication, subject matter, number of pages, numbers printed, numbers distributed free of charge and to whom and the numbers sold and at what price.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is as follows.
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Statistical Bulletin No.1/84 Title: Hospital activity statistics for England 1972–82. Published: April 1984
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Subject matter: Analysis by sector, of in-patient cases, day cases, out-patients and accident and emergency services, giving trends in numbers of cases, bed availability, duration of stay and other indicators over the decade. Number printed: 600 Number of pages: 21 Number distributed free of charge: Approximately 350 Recipients of copies free of charge: Departmental users Regional Health Authorities Other Government Departments Libraries of both Houses Health Service researchers Number so far sold, at £1.00 each: 72 Statistical Bulletin No. 2/84 Title: Hospital activity statistics for England 1973–83 Published: November 1984 Subject matter: Analysis by sector, of in-patient cases, day cases, out-patients and accident and emergency services, giving trends in numbers of cases, bed availability, duration of stay and other indicators over the decade. Number printed: 600 Number of pages: 25 Number distributed free of charge: Approximately 250 Recipients of copies free of charge: Departmental users Regional Health Authorities Other Government Departments Libraries of both Houses Health Service researchers Number so far sold, at £1.00 each: 19 Statistical Bulletin No. 1/85 Title: Mental illness hospitals and units in England: Results from the Mental Health Enquiry 1983 Published: 22 March 1985 Subject matter: For NHS mental illness hospitals and units, analyses of admissions, discharges and resident patients. Comparisons of 1983 figures with those for earlier years from 1973 onwards. Number printed: 400 Number of pages: 13 Number distributed free of charge: Approximately 200 Recipients of copies free of charge: Departmental users Regional Health Authorities Other Government Departments Libraries of both Houses Health Service researchers, including psychiatric case registers
Number so far sold, at £1.00 each: 1 Statistical Bulletin No. 2/85 Title: Mental handicap hospitals and units in England: Results from the Mental Health Enquiry 1983 Published: 22 March 1985 Subject matter: For NHS mental handicap hospitals and units, analyses of admissions, discharges and resident patients. Comparisons of 1983 figures with those for earlier years from 1973 onwards. Number printed: 450 Number of pages: 9 Number distributed free of charge: Approximately 300 Recipients of copies free of charge: Departmental users Regional Health Authorities Other Government Departments Libraries of both Houses Health Service researchers, including psychiatric case registers National Development Team for Mentally handicapped Number so far sold, at £1.00 each: Nil