HC Deb 27 February 1986 vol 92 cc675-6W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report those institutions, hospitals, special schools or training centres dealing with persons suffering mental handicap or illness visited by Ministers of his Department between 1 September 1985 and the present time, indicating which Ministers undertook each visit, respectively, and the purpose of the visit.

Mr. Whitney

The following table lists visits from 1 September 1985 by myself and Ministerial colleagues to facilities for people with mental handicap or mental illness. As well as launching and opening projects where specified, the purpose of all the visits was to learn about services provided or proposed, and to meet people involved.

Minister for Social Security and the Disabled (MR. TONY NEWTON)

23 October 1985 Papworth Lodge, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire. (Sheltered workshop, for people with mental and physical handicaps.)

6 February 1986 White Lodge, Chertsey, Surrey. (Spastics Society residential house for people with mental and physical handicaps.)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Health)

(MR. RAY WHITNEY)

18 November 1985 Goodmayes Hospital, Goodmayes, Essex. (Mental illness.)

13 December 1985 Larchwood, Bracknell, Berkshire. (Resource unit, mental handicap.)

23 January 1986 Harmston Hall Mental Handicap Hospital, Harmston, nr. Lincoln.

29 January 1986 Opening of Hill House social Education Centre, Wandsworth. (Mental handicap.)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords) THE BARONESS TRUMPINGTON

9 September 1985 Staincliffe General Hospital, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (Inspection of site for proposed psychiatric/child assessment facility.)

31 October 1985 Wensley Close, Greenwich (Opening of residential unit of mentally handicapped children.)

22 November 1985 Fulbourne Hospital (Mental illness), Ida Darwin Hospital, Cambridge. (Mental handicap.)

3 December 1985 Harperbury Hospital, Hertfordshire. (Launch of Save the Children Fund's "Playtrack" project.)

8 January 1986 Rampton Hospital, Retford, Nottinghamshire. (For psychiatric patients requiring special security.)

15 January 1986 The Retreat Hospital, St. Column Major, Cornwall. (Mental handicap.)

15 January 1986 Carn Brea House, Redruth, Cornwall. (Mental handicap.)

22 January 1986 Manor House Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (Mental handicap.)