§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the revenue expenditure of each regional health authority on health service facilities for patients with a mental handicap for each year since 1981, in cash terms and at 1991 prices.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 7 February 1992]: Planning and expenditure on mental handicap services in Wales is done jointly by health and social services authorities in county joint planning teams. The latest total expenditure figures, at outturn prices, are as follows:
Year £ 1987–88 47,779,730 1988–89 57,290,027 1989–90 65,737,589 Welsh Office additional funds are included in these figures and have grown from £9.6 million in 1987–88 to £34.5 million in 1991–92.
Prior to 1987–88, the expenditure data which were collected on hospital and community health services in Wales for patients with a mental handicap were incomplete and therefore unrepresentative of total provision. Spending on these service since 1987–88 has been as follows:
687WNotes:
- 1. The figures presented for 1990–91 are provisional at this stage.
- 2. The figures relate to hospital services' expenditure and community health services' expenditure, where this can be separately identified. The hospital services' figures relate only to direct clinical and diagnostic services to patients and therefore do not include any attribution of expenditure in respect of general services such as administration, transport, hotel services or estate management. Similarly, the community health services' figures relate only to the nursing element of community services for those with a mental handicap.
Source:
District Health Authorities.
Financial Returns.
All Wales Mental Handicap Strategy Annual Report 1988–89—1989–90.