HC Deb 21 July 1987 vol 120 cc172-6W
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children, by yearly age breakdown, are living in mental handicap hospitals in each health district; and how many of these children now have been jointly assessed by the appropriate local education authority, health authority and social services department.

Mrs. Currie

[pursuant to her reply, 7 July 1987, c. 129]: I cannot supply my hon. Friend with the information in the form requested as it is not centrally collected. The table shows the number of children resident in NHS mental handicap hospitals and hospital units in England on 31 December 1986. The breakdown shows the figures by four age bands for each health district, and includes children admitted for short-stay or respite care, but excludes children in small NHS units in the community.

Information on the number of such children who have been jointly assessed is not available centrally, but local education authorities have a responsibility under the Education Act 1981 to make joint assessments of children with special educational needs including those in mental handicap hospitals.

Children—resident patients in mental handicap hospitals and hospital units at 31 December 1986
Health Authority Aged under 2 Aged 2–4 Aged 5–9 Aged 10–15 Total under 16
England total 2 19 82 289 392
Northern RHA 0 2 6 20 28
Hartlepool 0 0 0 0 0
North Tees 0 2 3 6 11
South Tees 0 0 0 0 0
East Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0
South Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0
West Cumbria 0 0 0 2 2
Darlington 0 0 0 3 3
Durham 0 0 2 5 7
North West Durham 0 0 0 0 0
South West Durham 0 0 0 0 0
Northumberland 0 0 1 4 5
Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0
Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0
North Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0
South Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0
Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0
Yorkshire RHA 0 0 4 21 25
Hull 0 0 2 6 8
East Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0
Grimsby 0 0 0 1 1
Scunthorpe 0 0 0 2 2
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0
York 0 0 1 4 5
Scarborough 0 0 0 0 0
Harrogate 0 0 0 0 0
Bradford 0 0 0 2 2
Airedale 0 0 0 0 0
Calderdale 0 0 0 0 0
Huddersfield 0 0 0 0 0
Dewsbury 0 0 0 0 0
Leeds Western 0 0 0 0 0
Leeds Eastern 0 0 1 2 3

Health Authority Aged under 2 Aged 2–4 Aged 5–9 Aged 10–15 Total under 16
Wakefield 0 0 0 4 4
Pontefract — — — — —
Trent RHA 0 1 10 49 60
North Derbyshire 0 0 2 2 4
Southern Derbyshire 0 0 1 7 8
Leicestershire 0 0 0 6 6
North Lincolnshire 0 0 0 5 5
South Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0
Bassetlaw 0 0 1 2 3
Central Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 2 2
Nottingham 0 1 1 10 12
Barnsley 0 0 0 1 1
Doncaster 0 0 0 0 0
Rotherham 0 0 2 11 13
Sheffield 0 0 3 3 6
East Anglian RHA 0 0 3 10 13
Cambridge 0 0 2 5 7
Peterborough 0 0 0 2 2
West Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0
East Suffolk 0 0 0 2 2
Norwich 0 0 1 1 2
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 0 0 0 0 0
West Norfolk and Wisbech 0 0 0 0 0
Huntingdon 0 0 0 0 0
North West Thames RHA 0 0 4 7 11
North Bedfordshire 0 0 1 2 3
South Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0
North Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0
East Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0
North West 0 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 3 2 5
South West 0 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0
Barnett 0 0 0 1 1
Harrow 0 0 0 0 0
Hillingdon 0 0 0 0 0
Hounslow and Spelthorne 0 0 0 0 0
Ealing 0 0 0 0 0
Brent 0 0 0 2 2
Paddington and North Kensington 0 0 0 0 0
Riverside 0 0 0 0 0
North East Thames RHA 0 0 1 13 14
Basildon and Thurrock 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Essex 0 0 0 1 1
North East Essex 0 0 0 0 0
West Essex 0 0 0 0 0
Southend 0 0 0 0 0
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 0 0 0 4 4
Hampstead 0 0 0 0 0
Bloomsbury 0 0 0 0 0
Islington 0 0 0 0 0
City and Hackney 0 0 0 0 0
Newham 0 0 0 0 0
Tower Hamlets 0 0 0 0 0
Enfield 0 0 1 6 7
Haringey 0 0 0 0 0
Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0
Waltham Forest 0 0 0 2 2
South East Thames RHA 1 2 11 31 45
Health Authority Aged under 2 Aged 2–4 Aged 5–9 Aged 10–15 Total under 16
Brighton 0 0 0 0 0
Eastbourne 0 0 0 0 0
Hastings 0 0 0 3 3
South East Kent 0 0 4 6 10
Canterbury and Thanet 0 0 1 1 2
Dartford and Gravesham 0 2 3 4 9
Maidstone 0 0 0 0 0
Medway 0 0 0 0 0
Tunbridge Wells 0 0 0 3 3
Bexley 0 0 0 0 0
Greenwich 0 0 0 2 2
Bromley 1 0 3 12 16
West Lambeth 0 0 0 0 0
Camberwell 0 0 0 0 0
Lewisham and North Southwark 0 0 0 0 0
South West Thames RHA 0 0 4 30 34
North West Surrey 0 0 0 0 0
West Surrey and North East Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0
South West Surrey 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Surrey 0 0 0 2 2
East Surrey 0 0 3 8 11
Chichester 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Downs 0 0 1 5 6
Worthing District 0 0 0 0 0
Croydon 0 0 0 3 3
Kingston and Esher 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 0 0 0 0 0
Wandsworth 0 0 0 0 0
Merton and Sutton 0 0 0 12 12
Wessex RHA 1 7 9 38 55
East Dorset 0 5 4 18 27
West Dorset 1 2 3 12 18
Portsmouth and South 0 0 0 0 0
East Hampshire 0 0 2 8 10
Southampton and South West Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0
Winchester 0 0 0 0 0
Basingstoke and North Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0
Salisbury 0 0 0 0 0
Swindon 0 0 0 0 0
Bath District 0 0 0 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0
Oxford RHA 0 3 14 28 45
East Berkshire 0 0 0 6 6
West Berkshire 0 0 0 1 1
Aylesbury Vale 0 1 0 6 7
Wycombe 0 0 0 0 0
Milton Keynes 0 0 0 0 0
Kettering 0 1 7 4 12
Northampton 0 1 7 11 19
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0
South Western RHA 0 3 8 17 28
Bristol and Weston 0 1 5 2 8
Frenchay 0 1 1 9 11
Southmead 0 0 0 1 1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0
Health Authority Aged under 2 Aged 2–4 Aged 5–9 Aged 10–15 Total under 16
Exeter 0 0 0 0 0
North Devon 0 0 0 0 0
Plymouth 0 1 2 5 8
Torbay 0 0 0 0 0
Cheltenham and District 0 0 0 0 0
Gloucester 0 0 0 0 0
Somerset 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands RHA 0 1 2 19 22
Bromsgrove and Redditch 0 0 0 0 0
Herefordshire 0 0 0 0 0
Kidderminster and District 0 1 1 5 7
Worcester and Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0
North Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0
South East Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby 0 0 0 0 0
North Warwickshire 0 0 0 5 5
South Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0
Central Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0
East Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0
North Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0
South Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0
West Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0
Coventry 0 0 0 0 0
Dudley 0 0 1 7 8
Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0
Solihull 0 0 0 0 0
Walsall 0 0 0 2 2
Wolverhampton 0 0 0 0 0
Mersey RHA 0 0 0 5 5
Chester 0 0 0 0 0
Crewe 0 0 0 1 1
Halton 0 0 0 1 1
Macclesfield 0 0 0 0 0
Warrington 0 0 0 0 0
Liverpool 0 0 0 2 2
St. Helens and Knowsley 0 0 0 0 0
Southport and Formby 0 0 0 1 1
South Sefton 0 0 0 0 0
Wirral 0 0 0 0 0
North Western RHA 0 0 1 1 2
Lancaster 0 0 0 1 1
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 0 0 0 0 0
Preston 0 0 0 0 0
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 0 0 1 0 1
Burnely, Pendle and Rossendale 0 0 0 0 0
West Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0
Chorley and South Ribble 0 0 0 0 0
Bolton 0 0 0 0 0
Bury 0 0 0 0 0
North Manchester 0 0 0 0 0
Central Manchester 0 0 0 0 0
South Manchester 0 0 0 0 0
Oldham 0 0 0 0 0
Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0
Salford 0 0 0 0 0
Stockport 0 0 0 0 0
Tameside and Glossop 0 0 0 0 0
Health Authority Aged under 2 Aged 2–4 Aged 5–9 Aged 10–15 Total under 16
Trafford 0 0 0 0 0
Wigan 0 0 0 0 0
Special RHA
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley 0 0 5 0 5