Mentally Handicapped Children

Mr. Alton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what the latest figures are for mentally handicapped children under the age of 16 years in the Mersey regional hospital authority; and how many children are in the Olive Mount hospital, Liverpool, and at the Cranage Hall hospital, Crewe.

Sir George Young
On 30 December 1979, 163 children were in-patients in hospitals within Mersey region, 56 of them at Olive Mount hospital and 38 at Cranage Hall hospital.