§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information he has on the numbers of ethnic minority people employed in the(a) family practitioner committees and (b) community health service;
(2) what information he has on (a) the number and (b) the grades of ethnic minority people employed in management in the national health service.
§ Mr. DorrellWe do not hold this information centrally.
The number of places in residential care homes for mentally handicapped people as at 31 March 1979 1988 Staffed Unstaffed Total Staffed Unstaffed Total Regional health authority Local authority Voluntary Private Local authority Local authority Voluntary Private Local authority Northern 675 90 0 51 816 1,021 157 120 224 1,522 Yorkshire 839 13 4 33 889 1,265 199 383 326 2,173 Trent 932 134 42 96 1,204 1,195 310 568 410 2,483 East Anglia 308 127 227 66 728 351 164 678 242 1,435 North West Thames 760 121 0 64 945 1,162 452 35 197 1,846 North East Thames 750 95 66 29 940 1,009 349 180 158 1,696 South East Thames 764 321 931 53 2,069 745 473 1,047 141 2,406 South West Thames 465 283 84 26 858 757 504 259 60 1,580 Wessex 634 226 86 49 995 708 281 371 72 1,432 Oxford 513 32 0 128 673 785 303 226 179 1,493 South Western 540 242 46 74 902 789 973 1,213 186 3,161 West Midlands 1,189 177 80 93 1,539 1,791 638 631 235 3,295 Mersey 774 132 75 78 1,059 913 311 207 176 1,607 North Western 1,310 127 12 88 1,537 1,487 391 217 234 2,329 Total 10,453 2,120 1,653 928 15,154 13,978 5,505 6,135 2,840 28,458
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of places in homes for mentally ill people in 1979 and for the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
The number of places in residential care homes for mentally ill people as at 31 March 1979 1988 Staffed Unstaffed Total Staffed Unstaffed Total Regional Health Authority Local authority Voluntary Private Local authority Local authority Voluntary Private Local authority Northern 218 0 0 81 299 189 75 152 128 544 Yorkshire 225 7 0 45 277 289 42 370 168 869 Trent 211 14 60 47 332 231 33 374 175 813 East Anglia 40 53 23 79 195 32 69 233 91 425 North West Thames 288 196 0 131 615 321 236 31 184 772 North East Thames 193 121 0 112 426 169 243 142 130 684 South East Thames 182 396 391 126 1,095 230 364 447 223 1,264 South West Thames 122 240 5 101 468 170 183 238 89 680 Wessex 65 174 0 100 339 63 188 133 101 485 Oxford 63 31 42 44 180 118 121 82 85 406 South Western 79 32 12 115 238 54 52 319 142 567 West Midlands 260 49 19 167 495 308 255 286 183 1,032 Mersey 182 47 33 47 309 188 116 87 75 466 North Western 182 0 70 87 339 299 89 229 121 738 TOTAL 2,310 1,360 655 1,282 5,607 2,661 2,066 3,123 1,895 9,745