Day Care (Hansard, 15 June 1989)

§ Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table listing (a) the current number of day care places for the elderly per 1,000 of the population aged 65 years and over and (b) the number of day care places for the mentally handicapped per 10,000 of the population for each local authority.

§ Mr. Freeman
"Adult Training Centres for Mentally Handicapped People and Day Centres for Mentally Ill, Mentally Handicapped, Elderly and Younger Physically Handicapped People, at 31 March 1987—England" shows at tables A and C for each local authority, per 1,000 population of the relevant age groups, the most recent numbers of day centre places for the elderly and for the mentally handicapped and of adult training centre places for the mentally handicapped. A copy is in the Library.

§ Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of day care places for mentally ill and mentally handicapped people in each year since 1979.

§ Mr. Freeman
The table shows the number of day care places provided by local authority social services departments in each of the years specified. In addition, day care places are provided by mental illness and mental handicap hospitals in England, but the number of such places is not centrally collected.
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Number of places provided by local authorities

Year Mental illness¹ Mental handicap

1979 6,984 42,061

1980 7,242 42,337

1981 7,603 43,627

1982 7,887 45,152

1983 8,689 46,558

1984 8,919 47,464

1985 9,308 48,824

1986 9,216 50,374

1987 9,875 51,732

¹ Including places made available to local authorities by voluntary or private organisations and estimates of places for mentally ill people in day centres for mixed client groups. 1987 figures are revised.

Number of places provided by local authorities
Year	Mental illness¹	Mental handicap
1979	6,984	42,061
1980	7,242	42,337
1981	7,603	43,627
1982	7,887	45,152
1983	8,689	46,558
1984	8,919	47,464
1985	9,308	48,824
1986	9,216	50,374
1987	9,875	51,732
¹ Including places made available to local authorities by voluntary or private organisations and estimates of places for mentally ill people in day centres for mixed client groups. 1987 figures are revised.