HC Deb 25 October 1989 vol 158 cc456-7W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many mentally ill and handicapped people live in residential homes and hostels in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

As at 31 March 1988, the latest date for which information is available centrally, 226 mentally ill persons and 1,713 persons with mental handicap were resident in local authority homes and homes registered by them. Comprehensive information on unregistered accommodation is not available but 304 mentally ill and 464 mentally handicapped persons were recorded as resident in other establishments of which local authority social work departments were aware. Also at the same date 770 persons resident in homes for the elderly were described as mentally ill and some 620 as mentally handicapped.

Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physically handicapped aged under 65 years live in residential homes in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

As at 31 March 1988, the latest date for which information is available, there were 749 persons under 65 reported as physically handicapped in local authority homes and homes registered by them.