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Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) ethnic minority and (b) white patients were admitted to mental health beds in the last available year. [40138]
Mr. Burns
Information concerning the ethnic background of hospital in-patients was collected centrally for the first time in 1995–96. This information is not yet available.
Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) ethnic minority and (b) white patients were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1983. [40139]
Mr. Burns
This information is not available centrally.