HC Deb 09 May 1995 vol 259 c411W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the percentage of patient episodes that were mental health related in the last available year; [22754]

(2) what was the total number of mental health related patients episodes in the last available year. [22753]

Mr. Bowis

The number and percentage of finished consultant episodes in England for 1993–94, the latest year for which figures are available, for the mental illness and mental handicap specialities are 292,000 and 2.9 per cent.

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total sum given to mental health related voluntary organisations in the last available year. [22756]

Mr. Bowis

Awards under the Department's section 64 general scheme of grants to voluntary organisations in the field of mental illness totalled £2.46 million in 1994–95.