§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information is collected by his Department about the incidence of particular psychiatric diagnoses and the breakdown of the incidence by reference to age, sex and ethnic origin; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyRelevant diagnostic information, but not ethnic origin, is collected through the mental health inquiry in respect of patients admitted to mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units and the special hospitals in England. For mental illness hospitals and units, summaries of the available diagnostic data by age and sex are contained in booklet No. 12 (Diagnostic data) in the series of DHSS booklets "Mental Health Statistics for England", copies of which are in the Library.