HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 c444W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many beds designated for adolescent psychiatry there were in Northern Ireland in each year since 1979 and at the last date.

Mr. Ancram

[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1994, column 678]: In Northern Ireland the average number of beds in the child and adolescent psychiatry specialty has been 20 in each year since 1981 to December 1993, with the exception of 1982 when the average was 21. Information on the child and adolescent psychiatry specialty was not collected prior to 1981.

Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the most common forms of mental illness for children and teenagers; and what was their incidence in Northern Ireland in the period 1979 to 1993.

Mr. Ancram

[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1994, columns 678–9]: The number of cases of adjustment reaction in 1992–3 was 60 and not 46 as originally stated.