§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the hospital budget has been spent on mental health services in each year since 1979. [35331]
§ Mr. BowisThe information is shown in the table. The figures since 1988 reflect the shift from hospital to community mental health services. For example, the latter rose by 32 per cent. between 1988–89 and 1990–91 and by 40 per cent. between 1991–92 and 1994–95 for menial health nursing expenditure.
Year Percentage of hospital budget spent on mental health services 1979–80 13.4 1980–81 13.6 1981–82 13.6 1982–83 13.6 1983–84 13.5 1984–85 13.6 1985–86 13.6 1986–87 13.6 1987–88 14.4 1988–89 14.4 1989–90 14.1 1990–91 13.7 1991–92 13.2 1992–93 13.0 1993–94 12.4 1994–95 12.0 1. The mental health expenditure figures used to calculate the percentages are made up of the following:
(a) In-patient and out-patient expenditure—the consultant specialties of mental health, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy and old age psychiatry;
(b) day patient expenditure—in the categories mental heal th (alcoholism, drug abuse, psychogeriatrics and general), child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.
2. The hospital budget figures cover all in-patient, out-patient and day patient services and other services provided by hospitals. Community-based services are not included.