asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) over how many other inquiries Mr. Gerald Kidner has presided between the conclusion of his inquiry into the case of Elizabeth Shewan and the writing of the report on that case;(2) when the report of the Kidner inquiry into the case of Elizabeth Shewan will be published.

The only other inquiry over which Mr. Gerald Kidner has presided since the conclusion of the hearings in the Elizabeth Shewan case has been abandoned. He is now writing the report, which is expected to be published in the spring of 1977.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what hospital Miss Elizabeth Shewan is being moved before

Provisional figures
					1966	1975
Mental illness
Patients	…	…	…	…	120,000	87,000
Consultant psychiatrists	…	…	…	…	0·44 per 100 patients	1·15 per 100 patients
Nurses	…	…	…	…	27·80 per 100 patients	54·76 per 100 patients
Mental handicap
Patients	…	…	…	…	56,000	49,500
Consultant psychiatrists	…	…	…	…	0·20 per 100 patients	0·33 per 100 patients
Nurses	…	…	…	…	23·10 per 100 patients	46·51 per 100 patients

In 1971, the Department set minimum standards in respect of patients' day and night space and staffing levels in hospitals for the mentally handicapped and in 1972 for the mentally ill. Hospitals are required to report annually on progress and the Department is currently considering data on those hospitals where there is still a shortfall from minimum standards.

Miss Elizabeth Shewan is being moved permanently to Linton Hospital, near Maidstone, which is considered by her doctors to be the most appropriate centre now that the staff at the RAF rehabilitation centre at Chessington have done all they can for her. I understand that Elizabeth's parents have objected to the move but they are free to propose alternative arrangements for consideration.