§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, county by county for England, the number and proportion of people classified as (a) drinking to excess, (b) problem drinkers and (c) severely dependent drinkers for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 22 October 1985, c. 131]: Information is not available centrally under these particular classifications but the information in the table may be of help to the hon. Member. In addition there are about 2.5 thousand in-patient cas es treated annually in non-psychiatric hospitals in England with a main diagnosis of alcohol dependence syndrome.
Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units with a main diagnosis of alcohol dependence syndrome† England Region of Residence 1982* 1983 1984 England 12,032 12,041 12,111 Northern 767 917 836 Yorkshire 822 819 796 Trent 646 595 524 East Anglian 223 289 334 North West Thames 1,019 946 996 North East Thames 726 719 728 South East Thames 544 685 846 South West Thames 988 1,086 990 Wessex 632 716 731 Oxford 658 494 611 South Western 460 448 542 West Midlands 849 898 889 Mersey 522 498 567 North Western 1,256 1,304 1,413 Not known 1,920 1,627 1,308 * Data for 1980 and 1981 are not available in this form. † International Classification of Diseases, category 303.