asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were transferred from special to local hospitals in Wales during 1976, 1977 and 1978; and how many were accepted by each area health authority.
| Area Health Authority | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | Totals | ||
| Clwyd | … | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gwent | … | … | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gwynedd | … | … | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Mid Glamorgan | … | … | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| South Glamorgan | … | … | 1 | — | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | … | … | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients who were admitted to each of the special hospitals from Wales during 1976, 1977 and 1978 had previously been detained in special hospitals.
The numbers of patients admitted to special hospitals from Wales during 1976, 1977 and 1978 who had previously been detained in special hospitals are given in the table below:
| Year | Rampton | Broadmoor |
| 1976 | 1 | None |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 | None |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients from each area health authority in Wales are currently detained in each special hospital.
I regret that the information is not readily available, and the costs of obtaining it would be excessive.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients from Wales in each of the special hospitals do not now, in his opinion, require treatment under conditions of special security.
At 1 January 1980 there were 236 patients in special hospitals who had been recommended for transfer or discharge from those hospitals. The number of such patients with Welsh origins is not readily available and the cost of obtaining it would be excessive.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is satisfied that patients from Wales who are less than 16 years of age in special hospitals are receiving adequate full-time education.
The information is as follows:
There are no patients from Wales in special hospitals who are less than 16 years old.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients from Wales currently in each of the special hospitals are detained under (a) section 26, (b) section 60, (c) section 60 and 65, (d) sections 71, 72, 73 and 74 and (e) sections 29, 25 or 136 of the Mental Health Act 1959.
I regret that the information is not readily available, and the costs of obtaining it would be excessive.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients from Wales there are in each of the special hospitals currently awaiting transfer to a local hospital; how many of these are restricted patients; and into which area health authorities they are to be transferred.
The information, as at 29 January 1980, is as follows:
| Area Health Authority | |||
| Mid Glamorgan | South Glamorgan | Totals | |
| Broadmoor | |||
| Restricted | — | 2 | 2 |
| Unrestricted | — | — | — |
| Rampton | |||
| Restricted | — | 1 | 1 |
| Unrestricted | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Moss Side | |||
| Restricted | — | — | — |
| Unrestricted | — | — | — |
| Park Lane | |||
| Restricted | — | — | — |
| Unrestricted | — | — | — |
| Totals | |||
| Restricted | — | 3 | 3 |
| Unrestricted | 2 | 1 | 3 |