asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the most recently available statistics on the numbers in (a) the 65 to 75 year group and (b) the over 75 years group in each health board area; and what projections are available for likely numbers in the same categories for the next two decades.
The most recent estimates by age groups and health boards relate to mid-1977. These are shown in the table below together with the corresponding projections, based on mid-1976 estimates, for 1991, being the latest year for which such projections have been made. The population projections are based on assumptions as to mortality and migration, which are subject to revision in the light of changing trends.
Official Reportthe numbers of ( a) hospital beds and ( b) day care places available for the elderly with mental disability in each health board area; and how this
compares with the known waiting list in each area.
The information is not available in the form requested as not all elderly patients with mental disability are in beds designated for that purpose.The figures showing the position in each health board area are:—
| Beds designated at 30th September 1977for elderly with mental disability | |||
| Health Board | Total patients over 65 years of age with mental disability in hospital at 31st December 1976 | Beds | Waiting List |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 406 | 342 | 124 |
| Borders | 188 | — | — |
| Argyll and Clyde | 763 | 28 | — |
| Fife | 476 | — | — |
| Greater Glasgow | 2,093 | 451 | 129 |
| Highland | 429 | — | — |
| Lanarkshire | 726 | 24 | — |
| Grampian | 845 | 72 | 45 |
| Lothian | 1,159 | 306 | 14 |
| Tayside | 985 | 635 | 64 |
| Forth Valley | 458 | — | — |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 358 | 225 | — |
| Totals | 8,886 | 2,083 | 376 |