HC Deb 28 March 2000 vol 347 cc125-6W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of 24 hour staffed beds for people with severe and enduring mental illness were used in each health authority in London and the South East since 1998–99. [115787]

Hutton

Information on the percentage of 24 hour beds for people with severe and enduring mental illness used in each health authority in London and the South East since 1998–99 is not held centrally.

However the table contains data on the number of 24 hour beds in each health authority in London and the South East for the end of the financial year 1998–99 and the latest position available (December 1999).

arrangements for herbal medicines, balancing public safety and consumer choice. We will make a statement when we have completed this assessment.