§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he has taken to identify and quantify the use made of day centres in South Glamorgan for Alzheimer's disease sufferers and their carers and the extent to which they have succeeded in improving the quality of life for those involved.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 10 February 1992]: The three-day centres run by the Alzheimer's Disease Society in Cardiff provide a valuable service for sufferers and their carers.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make it his policy to extend the finances available through urban aid grant for running day centres for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and their carers in South Glamorgan.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 10 February 1992]: In Wales, funding previously available for mental illness services through the urban programme is now directed through the mental illness strategy. In 1992–93, the Welsh Office will make £58,035 directly available to the Alzheimer's Disease Society for the running of its three day centres in Cardiff.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each county in Wales his estimate of the number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease at the present time and in each of the past five years.
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§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 11 February 1992]: The information is not available centrally, but, based on an estimate derived from the NHS Health Advisory Service's publication "The Rising Tide—Developing Services for Mental Illness in Old Age" published in November 1982, a copy of which is in the Library of the House, there are approximately 28,000—9,500 males and 18,500 females—suffering from Alzheimer's disease in Wales.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the centres available in each county in Wales which cater for Alzheimer's disease sufferers and their carers together with the financial contribution made to each by his Department.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 11 February 1992]: The information is not available centrally, but the Department made available in 1991–92 a total of £2.26 million through the mental illness strategy and elderly initiative grant schemes towards services in Wales for elderly people with a mental illness, including sufferers from Alzheimer's disease.