§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many day care places for the elderly mentally infirm are currently available in the National Health Service in each regional health authority; and if he will express the figure per head of the population aged 75 years and over for each region.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 14 July 1988]: I regret that the information is not available in the form requested. The numbers of patients aged 75 years and over attending a day hospital or a day centre at a main hospital are given in the table, together with the rate per 100,000 population aged 75 and over.
Mental illness hospitals and units—patients aged 75 and over attending a day hospital, or a day centre in a main hospital, on the last working day of 1986, in England Regional health authority Number of day attenders (age 75 and over) Rate per 100,000 population (age 75 and over) England 2,134 69 Northern 108 57 Yorkshire 160 68 Trent 112 39 East Anglian 98 71 North West Thames 114 54 North East Thames 159 65 South East Thames1 107 41 South West Thames 109 49 Wessex 141 66 Oxford 190 145 South Western 165 66 West Midlands 146 49 Mersey 134 90 North Western 386 148 Special Health Authority Hospital1 5 —. 1 For the purpose of rates per 100,000 population the Special Health Authority Hospital has been included in the numbers for South East Thames.