§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress there has been in ethnic monitoring with regard to mental health service delivery for the black and minority community.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe expect health and social service authorities to take account of the needs of all sections of the community they serve when they plan and provide local mental health services. It is for authorities themselves to identify local needs, including the needs of ethnic minorities, and to consider how services are meeting those needs.
§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report information on the proportion of black and minority people treated by state mental health provision in the London borough of Southwark from June 1980 on a quarterly basis to present; and if he will indicate the number of these which are sectioned psychiatric patients and the number which are voluntary patients.
§ Mrs. CurrieI regret that the information requested is not centrally collected for National Health Service mental health facilities.