HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 cc563-4W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were discharged from long-term institutional care for each year since 1979; what proportion they constituted; and how many were subsequently detained by the police within 12 months of the date of discharge.

Value of child support1 for each child in standard rate tax-paying families expressed at April 19882 prices (£)
Children under age 11 Children aged 11–15 Children aged 16 and over
Date3 1st child 2nd child 3rd4 child 1st child 2nd child 3rd4 child 1st child 2nd child 3rd4 child
April 1958 7.04 9.27 9.96 8.75 11.07 11.59 10.56 12.79 13.39
April 1959 6.44 8.76 9.36 7.99 10.39 11.00 9.62 11.94 12.63
April 1960 6.40 8.70 9.38 7.93 10.32 10.92 9.55 11.86 12.54
April 1961 6.23 8.47 9.13 7.72 10.05 10.63 9.30 11.54 12.21
April 1962 5.89 8.01 8.64 7.31 9.51 10.06 8.80 10.92 11.55
April 1963 6.62 8.70 9.31 8.01 10.24 10.70 9.47 11.62 12.16
April 1964 6.49 8.53 9.13 7.85 10.04 10.49 9.28 11.39 11.92
April 1965 6.51 8.51 8.94 7.93 9.86 10.37 9.36 11.29 11.79
April 1966 6.28 8.21 8.63 7.66 9.52 10.01 9.04 10.90 11.39
April 1967 6.10 7.97 8.37 7.44 9.25 9.71 8.78 10.59 11.05
April 1968 5.84 7.31 7.76 7.12 8.60 8.98 8.40 9.81 10.26
April 1969 5.53 7.23 7.66 6.75 8.45 8.87 7.96 9.66 10.03
April 1970 5.24 6.85 7.25 6.39 8.00 8.40 7.54 9.15 9.50
April 1971 6.10 7.73 8.10 7.05 8.73 9.10 8.05 9.68 10.05
April 1972 5.74 7.27 7.62 6.63 8.21 8.56 7.57 9.10 9.45
April 1973 5.21 6.52 6.84 6.16 7.43 7.75 6.93 8.20 8.52
April 1974 5.98 7.08 7.36 6.88 7.91 8.22 7.63 8.65 8.97
April 1975 5.24 7.24 7.24 5.98 7.99 7.99 6.63 8.66 8.66
April 1976 5.49 7.21 7.21 6.12 7.83 7.83 6.69 8.38 8.38
April 1977 5.28 6.04 6.04 5.81 6.57 6.57 6.27 7.01 7.01
April 1978 6.28 6.28 6.28 6.78 6.78 6.78 7.19 7.19 7.19
April 1979 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.79
November 1980 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23
November 1981 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14
November 1982 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49
November 1983 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94 7.94
November 1984 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97 7.97
November 1985 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72 7.72
July 1986 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70

Mrs. Currie

I am sorry I cannot give the hon. Member all the information he seeks, as no record is kept centrally on individual patients or the outcome of patients after discharge.

The table shows the numbers of discharges, after a stay of five years or more, into the community from National Health Service mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units in England. The table also shows these discharges as a percentage of all discharges inclusive of transfers and irrespective of duration of stay. Comparable figures for 1979 are not readily available.

Discharges from mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units in England, after a duration of stay of five years or more.
Mental Illness Mental handicap
Year Number Percentage of all discharges Number Percentage of all discharges
1980 804 0.5 657 3.5
1981 818 0.5 764 3.5
1982 733 0.4 764 3.0
1983 821 0.5 967 3.1
1984 981 0.5 1,375 3.8
1985 987 0.5 1,522 3.9
1986 1,082 0.6 1,951 4.7

Note: Excludes transfers to other NHS hospitals and Special hospitals.