§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were detained under the provisions of(a) the Mental Health Act 1983 and (b) other acts in (i) NHS hospitals, (ii) private and (iii) private nursing homes in each of the last five years. [3344]
§ Mr. BowisInformation available centrally is on the number of admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983 to national health service hospitals and private hospitals and private nursing homes and is published in the statistical bulletin "In-Patients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other Legislation, England: 1987–88 to 1992–93", copies of which are available in the Library.