HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c241W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the number of children in the United Kingdom who have a psychiatric/psychological problem which handicaps them for a year or more.

Mr. Bowis

Information on duration of handicap is not collected by the Department. It is estimated that at any

Males Females Persons
0–4 5–9 10–14 0–4 5–9 10–14 0–4 5–9 10–14
Mental Illness (Finished Consultant Episodes) 1990–91 Provisional
Northern 24 42 62 11 16 47 35 58 109
Yorkshire 53 58 66 41 29 74 95 86 140
Trent 18 22 79 1 17 66 19 38 145
East Anglia 3 3 20 0 1 19 3 4 39
North West Thames 24 2 36 20 0 26 44 2 62
North East Thames 15 2 45 12 0 58 28 2 103
South East Thames 9 6 6 5 2 28 13 9 34
South West Thames 6 25 34 14 7 18 20 32 52
Wessex 44 44 25 16 23 24 60 67 49
Oxford 32 48 59 19 11 110 50 59 169
South Western 4 51 103 2 4 80 6 55 183
West Midlands 36 20 37 17 9 63 54 29 100
Mersey 15 18 47 13 5 27 28 23 73
North Western 6 321 72 6 183 95 13 504 167
Special Health Authorities 2 22 33 4 7 28 6 30 61
Total 290 683 724 181 315 763 472 998 1,487

Notes:

1. It should be noted that the figures in the table relate to finished consultant episodes and not to individuals, as a patient may be admitted more than once during the year.

2. The total figures do not always match the separate figures for males and females due to rounding.

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