§ Mr. Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what land forming part of a mental-illness hospital has been sold to date; and if the proceeds of such sales have been dedicated to the benefit of mentally-ill people.
§ Mr. WhitneyI regret that separate information in respect of sales of land forming part of mental illness hospitals is not collected centrally. However, I can say that we expect resources received from the disposal of redundant mental hospitals to be used to develop better community based services for mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons of the districts previously served.