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Mentally Handicapped Persons

Volume 984: debated on Tuesday 6 May 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing progress since 1971 towards the objectives of the White Paper, " Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped " for places in adult training centres, giving statistics for each county in Wales.

The table below gives the number of places per 100,000 population at adult training centres in the Welsh counties at 31 March 1979:

Clwyd98·7
Dyfed97·5
Gwent109·6
Gwynedd86·6
Mid Glamorgan100·4
Powys94·3
South Glamorgan70·0
West Glamorgan70·9
Because of the change in county boundaries as a result of local government reorganisation it is not possible to provide comparative figures for 1971.The number of places per 100,000 population in Wales at 31 March 1979 was 91·8. This compares with 57·2 at 31 December 1970. The 1971 White Paper specified 150 places as the objective to be attained over a period of 15 or 20 years.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of places available in local authority residential accommodation for mentally handicapped persons for each county of Wales for each of the years 1974 to the latest available date.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of places in adult training centres for the mentally handicapped in each county of Wales for each

PLACES IN ADULT TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED* (INCLUDING SPECIAL UNITS)
Year
19751976197719781979
Clwyd347347379357377
Dyfed207217317317317
Gwent367415435435480
Gwynedd127173173175196
Mid Glamorgan345540540540540
Powys100100100100100
South Glamorgan275275270270270
West Glamorgan282260260260260
Wales2,0502,3272,4742,4542,540
* Places at 31 March including places for the mentally handicapped, severely handicapped and other conditions.