HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 cc827-8W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people(a) in the London implementation zone and (b) in each region suffer from mental illness.

Mr. Bowis

The information is not currently available centrally. A national survey assessing the extent of psychiatric morbidity in Great Britain is being carried out for the Department of Health by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. The results of the first part of the survey, covering the private household population, are due to be published later this year and will provide information both nationally and regionally on the nature and extent of mental illness among adults.