Hospitals (Child Care Costs) Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the annual cost of keeping (a) a child and (b) a handicapped child in hospital in Scotland. Mr. Fairgrieve The cost of treating a child in a teaching hospital for sick children is about £500 per week; in a non-teaching hospital about £300 per week; and in a hospital for mentally-handicapped children about £110 per week. No separate figures are available of the cost of treating children in the paediatric wards of general hospitals or of the cost of treating physically-handicapped children.------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------ |Greater Glasgow passenger transport executive:|||||| ------------------------------------------------ |1976 | ------------------------------------------------ |Today | ------------------------------------------------ |Increase | ------------------------------------------------ |Grampian regional council: |||||| ------------------------------------------------ |1976 | ------------------------------------------------ |Today | ------------------------------------------------ |Increase | ------------------------------------------------ |Lothian regional council: |||||| ------------------------------------------------ |1976 | ------------------------------------------------ |Today | ------------------------------------------------ |Tayside regional council: |||||| ------------------------------------------------ |1976 | ------------------------------------------------ |Today | ------------------------------------------------ |Increase | ------------------------------------------------