HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 c755W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) ethnic minority and (b) white patients were admitted to mental health beds in the last available year. [40138]

Mr. Burns

Information concerning the ethnic background of hospital in-patients was collected centrally for the first time in 1995–96. This information is not yet available.

Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) ethnic minority and (b) white patients were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1983. [40139]

Mr. Burns

This information is not available centrally.

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