§ Mr. RathboneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of whether sufficient residential treatment is now available for people with alcohol or drug problems;
(2) how many residential services for people with alcohol or drug problems have deregistered with their local authority since January; and how many bed spaces this involves;
(3) when she will make available the report from Goldsmiths college on the implementation of community care and its impact on the provision of residential treatment for people with alcohol or drug problems.
§ Mr. BowisComprehensive information on residential services for people who misuse alcohol and drugs and on the scale of deregistration is not available centrally. It is expected that some data on these aspects of services provision will be included in the report by Goldsmiths college which has been commissioned to monitor the impact of community care on service provision for alcohol and drug misusers during the first three months of implementation. A copy of the report will be placed in the Library shortly.