§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what have been the levels of spending on mentally ill people in the Leeds, West district health authority for each year from 1979 to 1987.
§ Mrs. CurrieInformation on health authority expenditure by type of patient is not collected centrally. Hospital costing returns submitted to the Department show expenditure on hospitals of different types, and costing returns in respect of community health services show expenditure relating to the major areas of activity only. Thus we have information on expenditure by hospitals categorised as mental illness but not on expenditure on the growing volume of activity in psychiatric units in general hospitals etc.
458WFollowing is information derived from the hospital costing returns submitted by Leeds, West district health authority since its establishment on 1 April 1982:
Revenue expenditure on hospitals categorised "Mental Illness" £ 1982–83 10,394,187 1983–84 10,652,452 1984–85 11,028,507 1985–86 11,314,123 1986–87 11,309,706 Note: The figures exclude expenditure incurred on the mentally ill within psychiatric units in general hospitals and so on and within the community health services. Such costs are not separately identifiable centrally.