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Mr. Kennedy
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number, for each regional health authority, of in-patient residents in health service facilities for patients with a mental handicap for each year since 1981; and what proportion of the reduction in numbers is due to discharge and what proportion due to death, in each regional health authority.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett
The information is not available in the exact form requested. There are no regional health authorities within Wales. The table gives information in respect of NHS hospital facilities in Wales for patients with a mental handicap. Deaths and discharges of patients from such facilities relate either to those patients resident at the end of the previous year or those who were admitted during the year.
| Year | Resident patients1 | Discharges2(Per cent.) | Deaths2(per cent.) |
| 1981 | 2,153 | 96·4 | 3·6 |
| 1982 | 2,103 | 96·3 | 3·7 |
| 1983 | 2,064 | 97·5 | 2·5 |
| 1984 | 1,962 | 97·5 | 2·5 |
| 1985 | 1,883 | 97·5 | 2·5 |
| 1986 | 1,792 | 97·5 | 2·5 |
| 1987 | 1,692 | 97·4 | 2·6 |
| 1988 | 1,582 | 97·1 | 2·9 |
| 1989 | 1,470 | 97·0 | 3·0 |
| 31990 | 1,335 | 97·5 | 2·5 |
| 1At 31 December, in NHS hospital facilities for patients with a mental handicap. | |||
| 2As a percentage of all death and discharges during the year from NHS hospital facilities for patients with a mental handicap. | |||
| 3Provisional. | |||