§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many children, born of parents either or both of whom were mentally handicapped, have been taken into local authority care in each of the last five years.
§ Baroness CumberlegeCentrally collected information does not identify how many children looked after by a local authority have a parent with learning disabilities.
§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the average per capita figures in each of the last five years for (a) capital costs and (b) ongoing 11WA annual expenditure incurred in re-settling mentally handicapped patients discharged from former residential institutions, split between (1) those who have been returned to their families, (2) those who have been placed in village communities and (3) those for whom other provisions has been made under the community care programme.
§ Baroness CumberlegeThe information requested is not collected centrally.
§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many mentally handicapped patients have been discharged from long stay residential institutions in each of the last five years and of these how many have been returned to their families, how many have been placed in village communities, and for how many is other provision being made under the community care programme.
§ Baroness CumberlegeInformation is not available on a United Kingdom basis in the precise form requested.
England
The numbers discharged where the duration of stay was one year or more is given in the table. The figures relate to discharges and not individual patients as an individual may be admitted and discharged more than once.
Discharges from mental handicap hospitals and units in England, 1985 to 1986 and discharges from National Health Service hospitals in England, 1987–88 to 1989–90 Duration of stay, one year or more Year Number of discharges 1985 2,507 1986 2,939 1987–88 2,500 1988–89 2,960 1989–90 3,507
1988–92 length of stay greater than one year by disposal on discharge 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Total Died 96 95 91 100 73 455 Home 28 27 19 12 26 112 (Family-relative) community 244 143 213 288 167 1,055 Not known 10 2 2 1 2 17 Total 378 267 325 401 268 1,639 Excludes transfers between hospitals.
Northern Ireland
The information requested is not held centrally.