HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 cc98-9W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Monklands, West of 15 March, Official Report, column 553, what steps he takes to ensure that the provision of day care and adult training places is sufficient, in the absence of central information on the numbers of mentally handicapped people either leaving full-time education or being discharged from hospitals and needing such care.

Mrs. Currie

It is for local and health authorities to cooperate in the planning and provision of appropriate day services for mentally handicapped people in the light of their assessed needs and the authorities' knowledge of local requirements and resources.