§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many handicapped children are in long-term hospitals, local authority and voluntary sector care.
§ Mr. FreemanInformation is, not available in the precise form requested. There are 14 children under 16 identified by regional health authorities in July 1989 as receiving longer-term care in large mental handicap hospitals. In addition there were, at 31 December 1986 (the latest year for which figures are available) 350 children resident in NHS community units for mentally handicapped children.
532WThe number of children in care in accommodation for children with special educational needs at 31 March 1987 was 1,651. Many of these children will have physical and mental handicaps.