§ Mr. Keith Simpson:To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what (a) medical, (b) financial and (c) administrative factors the decision to close the Duchess of Kent Psychiatric Hospital in Catterick was based. [143486]
§ Mr. Caplin[holding answer 11 December 2003]I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2003,Official Report, column 324W to the hon. Member for South Dorset (Mr. Knight).
The decision to close the Duchess of Kent Psychiatric Hospital (DKPH) was taken on clinical grounds.