asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what was the expenditure on providing (a) National Health Service residential and (b) other residential care for mentally ill people in Wales (i) in the years 1970 to 1975, (ii) in the years 1975 to 1980 and (iii) in the years 1980 to 1985 expressed in actual and in 1975 adjusted terms;(2) what was the expenditure on providing community care for mentally ill people in Wales
(a) in the years 1970 to 1975 (b) in the years 1975 to 1980 (c) in the years 1980 to 1985 expressed in actual and in 1975 adjusted terms.
The readily available information is as follows:
| Net expenditure on in-patients1 at mental illness hospitals | ||
| Actual (£000's) | 21975–76 prices (£000's) | |
| 1976–77 | 21,745 | 19,212 |
| 1977–78 | 24,278 | 18,833 |
| 1978–79 | 26,510 | 18,581 |
| 1979–80 | 31,572 | 18,935 |
| 1980–81 | 40,230 | 20,340 |
| 1981–82 | 43,893 | 20,208 |
| 1982–83 | 48,275 | 20,723 |
| 1983–84 | 50,456 | 20,734 |
| 1984–85 | 53,309 | 21,003 |
| 1985–86 | 55,726 | 20,668 |
| 1 The figures exclude expenditure on mental illness patients in units at non-psychiatric hospitals. | ||
| 2 Re-priced to 1975–76 prices using the GDP deflator. | ||
Net expenditure on other residential care for the mentally ill1
| ||
Actual (£000's)
|
21975–76 prices (£000's)
| |
| 1976–77 | 203 | 179 |
| 1977–78 | 328 | 254 |
| 1978–79 | 529 | 371 |
| 1979–80 | 678 | 407 |
| 1980–81 | 703 | 355 |
| 1981–82 | 841 | 387 |
| 1982–83 | 1,035 | 444 |
| 1983–84 | 1,111 | 457 |
| 1984–85 | 1,131 | 446 |
| 1985–86 | 1,108 | 411 |
1 No information is available on expenditure incurred for providing other forms of community care for mentally ill people. | ||
2 Re-priced to 1975–76 prices using the GDP deflator. | ||