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Mrs. Rumbold : The cash limit for capital expenditure on the Nottingham city technology college is £9.05 million. My right hon. Friend has agreed exceptionally to underwrite up to 85 per cent. of this figure. However, sponsorship of £1.6 million has now been pledged by the private sector and I am sure that more will be raised.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what deadline has been set for companies wishing to sponsor the Nottingham city technology college to indicate their financial commitment.
Mrs. Rumbold : All CTCs will aim to stimulate a continuing private sector investment.
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Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received following the announcement of the proposed establishment of Dixons city technology college.
Top-up Loans
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will set out how much a single student living in private rented accommodation outside London would gain or lose as a consequence of his proposals in the White Paper, "Top-up loans for Students", Cm. 520, to abolish student entitlements to welfare benefits and introduce top up loans, assuming rents of (a) £20 per week, (b) £25 per week, (c) £30 per week and (d) £35 per week, taking the assumptions of grant levels as set out in the White Paper, paragraph 3.8 ;
(2) if he will set out how much a single student living in private rented accommodation in London would gain or lose as a consequence of his proposals in the White Paper, "Top-up loans for Students", Cm. 520, to abolish student entitlements to welfare benefits and introduce top up loans, assuming rents of (a) £35 per week, (b) £40 per week, (c) £45 per week and (d) £50 per week, taking the assumptions of grant levels as set out in the White Paper paragraph 3.8.
Mr. Jackson : I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible, and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many students will be (a) better off and (b) worse off as a result of his proposals to introduce top-up student loans in 1990-91 and to freeze parental contributions and the level of student grants at their 1990-91 level, as well as abolishing entitlements to welfare benefits.
Mr. Jackson : The White Paper, "Top-up Loans for Students", includes illustrative figures for the value of the top-up loans in 1990-91. On that basis, the great majority of students affected by the top-up loan facility would be better off. The small numbers whose benefit claims would have exceeded the top-up loan facility will be able to seek further resources from the access funds.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the total amounts to be spent on student grants in the year 2007-8 assuming the freezing of the parental contribution scales and the level of grants at their 1990-91 levels as set out in paragraph 3.8 of the White Paper Cm. 520 and increases in average earnings of (a) 7.5 per cent. per annum, (b) 5 per cent. per annum and (c) 3 per cent. per annum.
Mr. Jackson : Expenditure on student grants in the year 2007-8 will depend on the rate of inflation between now and then. On the White Paper's assumption of a constant 3 per cent. rate of inflation after 1990-91, expenditure in 2007-8 on mandatory awards for maintenance for students in England and Wales will be £350 million in 1990-91 prices compared to forecast expenditure of £588 million in 1990-91. Expenditure on discretionary awards, and on the proposed access funds, will be additional. Since the grant and the parental contribution will remain in fixed proportion, the figures do not vary with the assumption
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about average earnings. The parental contribution scale will be reindexed annually so that after 1990 parents whose income rises at the same rate as the earnings trend will pay the same contribution from year to year in cash terms.Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the figures of £420 per year and £310 in the final year of study as top up loan facilities for students set out in the White Paper Cm. 520, paragraph 3.8, were calculated ; and what assumptions were made in arriving at those figures.
Mr. Jackson : The maximum top-up loan facilities proposed in the White Paper have been set at levels which will provide students with additional resources and make it unnecessary for them to look for supplementary support from the social security system. The lower maxima for the final year have been calculated to cover 38 weeks--the average duration of term time and short vacations--instead of 52.
Student Grants
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of (a) the reduction in the value of the student grant since 1979 in real terms, (b) the current value of travel costs reimbursement, had they been retained at 1979 levels, (c) what would be the level of the minimum maintenance award at 1979 levels and (d) the average increase in parental contributions between 1979 and 1988.
Mr. Jackson : The information is as follows :
(a) The rate of maintenance grant for mandatory award-holders studying outside London and away from the parental home has fallen by about 13 per cent. since the 1979-80 academic year.
(b) The level of reimbursable travel expenses was not specified ; amounts varied according to students' circumstances.
(c) The minimum maintenance award payable in 1979-80 would be £614 at September 1988 prices.
(d) The average parental contribution in the 1988-89 academic year is forecast to be 100 per cent. above the average contribution in 1979-80 at September 1988 prices.
Mature Students
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications were made by mature students for entry to courses in higher education in each year since 1979 ; how many were accepted ; and what percentage this represented in each of those years.
Mr. Jackson : The numbers of United Kingdom domiciled applicants and acceptances aged 21 and over through the Universities Central Council on Admissions scheme have been as follows.
Information on applications to public sector courses is not available.
United Kingdom domiciled applicants and acceptances aged 21 and
over (Universities)
|Applicants |Acceptances |Percentages accepted
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1979 |17,893 |6,956 |38.9
1980 |17,776 |7,122 |40.1
1981 |16,061 |6,575 |40.9
1982 |15,254 |5,742 |37.6
1983 |15,513 |5,590 |36.0
1984 |16,534 |6,249 |37.8
1985 |17,669 |7,072 |40.0
1986 |18,505 |7,839 |42.4
1987 |19,117 |8,436 |44.1
University Applicants
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many university applicants there were in each year since 1979 ; how many candidates were finally accepted in each of those years ; and what percentage this represented in each of those years.
Mr. Jackson : Applicants and acceptances through the Universities Central Council on Admissions scheme for universities in the United Kingdom were as follows :
UCCA accepted home candidates
Academic years
|1980|1981|1982|1983|1984|1985|1986|1987
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Number of (Thousands)
III M skilled manual |10.1|8.3 |8.0 |7.8 |8.2 |8.9 |8.7 |9.2
IV partly skilled |3.2 |2.8 |3.2 |3.8 |4.1 |4.6 |4.8 |4.7
V unskilled |0.7 |0.7 |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8
Total all known social class |72.1|67.2|66.5|63.0|65.8|69.8|69.8|71.4
Percentage of
III M skilled manual |14.0|12.3|12.2|12.4|12.4|12.7|12.5|12.9
IV partly skilled |4.4 |4.2 |4.9 |6.0 |6.2 |6.6 |6.9 |6.6
V unskilled |1.0 |1.0 |0.9 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |1.2 |1.1
Until 1982, applications for places in the university of Aberdeen, and until 1985 those for the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde were partly outside the UCCA scheme. The earlier figures are, therefore, not strictly comparable with the later ones because of changes in the number of institutions within the scheme.
Students (Statistics)
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of students in (a) universities, (b) PSHE institutions and (c) all higher education institutions, from social group III M, social group IV and social group V, for each year since 1979, and list these figures as a percentage of the total number of students of known social group in each sector.
Mr. Jackson : The numbers and percentages of United Kingdom domiciled candidates accepted through the Universities Central Council on Admissions for entry to United Kingdom universities whose social class background is known are shown in the table.
Similar information is not collected by the Polytechnic Central Admissions System, but a sample survey of young people attempting examinations qualifying them for HE entry in 1985 indicated that about 26 per cent. of young entrants to PSHE institutions were from social classes III M, IV and V.
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UCCA accepted home candidates
Academic years
|1980|1981|1982|1983|1984|1985|1986|1987
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Number of (Thousands)
III M skilled manual |10.1|8.3 |8.0 |7.8 |8.2 |8.9 |8.7 |9.2
IV partly skilled |3.2 |2.8 |3.2 |3.8 |4.1 |4.6 |4.8 |4.7
V unskilled |0.7 |0.7 |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8
Total all known social class |72.1|67.2|66.5|63.0|65.8|69.8|69.8|71.4
Percentage of
III M skilled manual |14.0|12.3|12.2|12.4|12.4|12.7|12.5|12.9
IV partly skilled |4.4 |4.2 |4.9 |6.0 |6.2 |6.6 |6.9 |6.6
V unskilled |1.0 |1.0 |0.9 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |1.2 |1.1
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list in the Official Report the age distribution of students in (a) further and (b) higher education according to the folowing ranges : 18 to 21 years, 22 to 25 years, 26 to 35 years, 35 to 50 years and 50 plus years ;
(2) at the latest available date, how many people in Great Britain aged 16 years or over were in (a) schools, (b) sixth-form colleges, (c) further education colleges,
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(d) polytechnics, (e) universities and (f) other educational establishments, separating them by age into single years from 16 to 20 years and in bands aged 21 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years and 50 years and over.Mr. Jackson : The readily available information is as follows. Sixth -form colleges are included in the figures for schools.
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Numbers of pupils/students continuing their education aged 16 and over: United Kingdom, 1986-87
Home students (thousands)
Age at 31 August 1986
|Total |25 and |All
|16 |17 |18 |16 to 18|19 to 20|21 to 24|over |students
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Full-time and sandwich students
Schools<1> |282 |174 |24 |480 |3 |- |- |483
Further education<2> |148 |114 |57 |318 |31 |20 |40 |409
Higher education in further education establishments - 4 38 42 110 83 48
of which polytechnics<3> |- |2 |25 |27 |71 |54 |27 |179
Universities |- |5 |45 |50 |119 |76 |28 |273
Total full-time and sandwich students<1> |430 |296 |164 |890 |263 |179 |116 |1,448
of which higher education |1 |8 |83 |92 |229 |159 |76 |556
Part-time students
Higher education courses
University (excluding Open University) |- |- |- |- |1 |6 |37 |45
Open University<4> |- |- |- |- |- |5 |74 |80
Polytechnics (England and Wales) |- |- |1 |2 |7 |16 |31 |56
Other higher education |- |1 |9 |9 |30 |42 |93 |174
Total part-time higher education<5> |- |1 |10 |12 |39 |69 |235 |354
Further education<6> |212 |172 |183 |567 |224 |469 |1,861 |3,121
Total part-time students |212 |174 |192 |579 |263 |539 |2,096 |3,476
Source: Education statistics for the United Kingdom, 1988 edition (pre-publication extracts).
<1> Schools data for Scotland relate to 1987-88.
<2> Including 6,055 students (4,598 men) in polytechnics (and central institutions in Scotland).
<3> Including central institutions in Scotland.
<4> Provisional. Excluding some 1,300 students for whom data by age are not available.
<5> Excluding 95,100 (provisional) students enrolled on nursing and paramedical courses at Department of Health and Social
Services establishments.
<6> Including 11,084 students (5,561 men) in polytechnics in England and Wales. Including estimated age detail for 1,663,000
students aged 16 years or more in adult education centres; excluding youth clubs and centres, 77,000 in 1984-85 (England).
Excluding 531,000 (provisional) students on courses run by responsible bodies for whom age detail was not available.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total number of home full-time and sandwich students in higher education in each year since 1979 ; what has been the total full-time equivalent number of part-time students in higher
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education in each year since 1979 ; and what has been the total number of home full-time entrants to unversities in each year since 1979.Mr. Jackson : The information required is shown in the following table.
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Student numbers-Academic year beginning in
Thousands
|1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987
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Higher education United Kingdom
domiciled
Full-time and sandwich |510.1|520.4|541.5|553.1|565.1|573.3|583.5|596.1|608.7
Part-time |267.7|280.8|290.0|296.6|306.2|308.5|325.8|348.9|359.5
Full-time equivalent<1> of part-time |93.7 |98.3 |101.5|103.8|107.2|108.0|114.0|122.1|125.7
United Kingdom domiciled entrants to University
Undergraduates |75.7 |77.4 |74.0 |71.5 |69.2 |70.5 |70.3 |70.7 |72.5
<1> Defined as 35 per cent. of part-time students.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the age participation index for students in full-time advanced further education in each country in the European Community.
Mr. Jackson : The readily available information as follows :
New entrants<1> to higher education Country<2> (main ages on |Latest year |<3>Participation rate entry) |(percentage) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denmark (18-20) |1985 |35 France (18-20) |1985 |32 Germany, West (19-21) |1985 |25 Greece<4> |1984 |38 Ireland<4> |1985 |35 Italy (19-21) |1986 |25 Netherlands (18-20) |1985 |38 Portugal<4> |1984 |14 Spain (18-20) |1985 |31 United Kingdom<6> (18-21) |1986 |32 <1> Includes full-time and part-time students entering higher education for the first time ie excluding postgraduate students and others already having a qualification in higher education. Not all other countries may adhere to this general definition. <2> Compatible information is not available for Luxembourg since most higher education is undertaken abroad. Ireland figures partly estimated; data for Belgium was not available. <3> To aid comparison and overcome the problem of the varying lengths of courses in different countries the participation rate used is the percentage of all new entrants (defined above) to a derived relevant single year group. The latter is calculated by taking the total populations for the ages providing at least 70 per cent. of the new entrants and dividing by the number of ages involved. For the United Kingdom this is the population of ages 18 to 21 divided by 4, OECD recommend this procedure. <4> Main ages on entry unavailable. <5> Includes new entrants to postgraduate courses. <6> Excludes the private sector and students from abroad. Includes nursing and paramedical students at Health Department establishments.
Schizophrenia
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the latest progress in research into schizophrenia.
Mr. Jackson : The Medical Research Council's schizophrenia and allied conditions committee has reviewed the current state of research and has recently published its findings and recommendations. A copy of the committee's "Research into Schizophrenia" is held in the Library. The council's neurosciences and mental health board is now considering the recommendations.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much of its 1987-88 budget the
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Medical Research Council spent on research on (a) mental health and (b) schizophrenia ; and what percentage these figures represent of the Medical Research Council's total budget.Mr. Jackson : I understand that in the last financial year, 1987-88, the Medical Research Council's expenditure on research specifically into mental health (including addiction) was £10.4 million, which represents 8 per cent. of its overall budget. The council's expenditure on schizophrenia was £461,000, or 0.3 per cent. of its budget. The MRC is also funding a range of other research which may be of relevance to mental health and schizophrenia.
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Further Education
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report tables showing the proportion of pupils who remain in full-time education after it has ceased to be compulsory, broken down by each local education authority area, by sex, by ages 16, 17, and 18 years, by type of school or college, maintained school, further education college, private school, and so on, for the latest available year and for each of the preceding 10 years, together with aggregate totals.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The following table sets out the percentage of 16 to 18 age groups staying on in full-time education and on YTS in 1975, 1987 and 1988.
Disaggregated information in respect of individual local education authorities will be published in a statistical bulletin early in the new year.
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Percentage of the age-group<1><2> in full-time education or on YTS in 1975, 1987 and 1988<3> (England)
Men Women All
|1975 |1987 |1988(P)|1975 |1987 |1988(P)|1975 |1987 |1988(P)
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All 16 year olds
In full-time education
School<4> |26 |28 |29 |26 |30 |31 |26 |29 |30
Further/higher education<5> |9 |12 |13 |12 |19 |20 |11 |16 |17
All |36 |41 |42 |38 |49 |51 |37 |45 |47
YTS<6> |0 |30 |28 |0 |22 |20 |0 |26 |24
All 17 year olds
In full-time education
School<4> |18 |19 |19 |17 |19 |19 |17 |19 |19
Further/higher education<5> |7 |10 |11 |9 |16 |16 |8 |13 |14
All |25 |29 |30 |25 |35 |35 |25 |32 |33
YTS<6> |0 |11 |25 |0 |8 |16 |0 |10 |21
All 18 year olds
In full-time education
School<4> |2 |3 |3 |1 |2 |2 |2 |3 |2
Further/higher education<5> |12 |15 |15 |9 |15 |15 |10 |15 |15
All |14 |18 |18 |10 |17 |18 |12 |17 |18
YTS<6> |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |1 |1
All 16-18 year olds
In full-time education
School<4> |16 |16 |17 |15 |17 |17 |15 |17 |17
Further/higher education<5> |9 |12 |13 |10 |16 |17 |10 |14 |15
All |25 |28 |30 |24 |33 |35 |25 |31 |32
YTS<6> |0 |13 |18 |0 |10 |12 |0 |12 |15
(P)Provisional figures.
<1>Age as at 31 August of the preceding year.
<2>Some 10 per cent. of the age group attend evening classes. The available data do not allow analysis of
these by day-time activity and therefore evening activity has not been incorporated into the table.
<3>Each year given relates to the appropriate academic year; for example, 1988 relates to 1987-88.
<4>Pupils attending maintained, independent and special schools are included.
<5>Full-time and sandwich including higher education but excluding private further education. Excludes those
on YTS within colleges.
<6>Including those in YOP prior to 1985 and those in further education establishments attending YTS/YOP
courses.
Nursery Education
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been (a) the total number and (b) the proportion of three and four-year-olds in (i) nursery schools, (ii) nursery classes, and (iii) primary classes for each year since 1958.
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Mr. Butcher : The total number and proportion of three and four-year -olds in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes and infant classes in primary schools in England each year since 1980 was as follows :
Comparable information prior to 1980 is not available.
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Number of pupils aged Percentage of the
3 and 4 (thousands) estimated population
aged 3 and 4
January each year |Nursery schools |Nursery classes |Infant classes |Nursery schools |Nursery classes |Infant classes
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1980 |40.6 |150.2 |213.3 |3.7 |13.8 |19.6
1981 |40.1 |154.5 |206.4 |3.8 |14.5 |19.4
1982 |40.5 |165.6 |201.2 |3.8 |15.4 |18.7
1983 |42.2 |179.4 |210.2 |3.7 |15.7 |18.4
1984 |42.2 |191.4 |236.3 |3.5 |16.0 |19.7
1985 |42.6 |199.8 |245.5 |3.6 |16.7 |20.5
1986 |42.2 |204.7 |235.9 |3.6 |17.3 |20.0
1987 |42.8 |208.4 |240.4 |3.6 |17.7 |20.4
1988 |42.5 |214.7 |248.2 |3.6 |18.0 |20.9
WALES
Schizophrenia
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many current occupants of National Health Service hospital and unit beds in Wales have a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses ; and what those figures are as a percentage of (a) mental and (b) all beds in Wales.
Mr. Grist : It is not known how many of the current occupants of National Health Service hospital and unit beds in Wales have a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses ; however, it is estimated that on average about 376 beds in 1987 were occupied daily by this category of patient. This represents 9.8 per cent. of the average daily occupied by mental illness beds and 2.3 per cent. of all occupied beds.
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Mental illness, mental illness (children), adolescent psychiatry, elderly mentally infirm and psychogeriatrics.Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions, including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100,000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses in Wales in the last year for which figures are available ;
(2) if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions, including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100, 000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses, in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Grist : The information is as follows :
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Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenic psychoses, 1986-87, by order of
admission and diagnosis, and
showing percentage change 1986-87 and rates
Numbers Rates per 100,000 Percentage
population
First admissionsReadmissions All admissions First admissionsReadmissions All admissions change
|1986 |1987 |1986 |1987 |1986 |1987 |1986 |1987 |1986 |1987 |1986 |1987 |1986-87
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Simple type |5 |7 |32 |51 |37 |58 |0.18 |0.25 |1.13 |1.80 |1.31 |2.04 |56.76
Hebephrenic type |1 |1 |27 |30 |28 |31 |0.04 |0.04 |0.96 |1.06 |0.99 |1.09 |10.71
Catatonic type |2 |1 |9 |9 |11 |10 |0.07 |0.04 |0.32 |0.32 |0.39 |0.35 |-9.09
Paranoid type |39 |42 |222 |220 |261 |262 |1.38 |1.48 |7.87 |7.76 |9.25 |9.24 |0.38
Acute schizophrenic episode |17 |7 |50 |22 |67 |29 |0.60 |0.25 |1.77 |0.78 |2.38 |1.02 |-56.72
Latent schizophrenia |0 |0 |3 |2 |3 |2 |0.00 |0.00 |0.11 |0.07 |0.11 |0.07 |-33.33
Residual schizophrenic |12 |3 |279 |213 |291 |216 |0.43 |0.11 |9.89 |7.51 |10.32 |7.62 |-25.77
Schizoaffective type |16 |19 |133 |143 |149 |162 |0.57 |0.67 |4.71 |5.04 |5.28 |5.71 |8.72
Other Schizophrenia |3 |2 |10 |9 |13 |11 |0.11 |0.07 |0.35 |0.32 |0.46 |0.39 |-15.38
Unspecified Schizophrenia |111 |80 |925 |1,014 |1,036 |1,094 |3.93 |2.82 |32.75 |35.75 |36.72 |38.37 |5.60
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |206 |162 |1,690 |1,713 |1,896 |1,875 |7.30 |5.71 |59.91 |60.40 |67.21 |66.11 |-1.11
Source: Mental Health Enquiry Ref: 88M/32A
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in the last year ; and how many were admitted for a hospital stay more than once during the year.
Mr. Grist : In 1987, there were 1,832 discharges or deaths of persons with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales ; it is not known how many patients were admitted more than once during the year.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many people discharged from hospital following a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses and subsequently taken by the police under the Mental Health Act to hospital have been refused admission in Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Grist : This information is not available.
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Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what research projects his Department is funding in the current year to test the effectiveness of community care for people suffering from schizophrenia psychoses ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : The Department of Health's directly commissioned research covers Wales and I refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to him today by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in each of the last five years ; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.
Mr. Grist : The information is given in the following table :
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Schizophrenia Psychoses
Deaths Discharges Discharged directly to
local authority
|Residential Accommodation|Home for the Mentally
|disordered
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1983 |21 |1,715 |11 |3
1984 |20 |1,701 |19 |0
1985 |22 |1,833 |13 |8
1986 |26 |1,824 |17 |1
1987 |30 |1,802 |18 |2
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received in the last year on the provision of community care for patients suffering from schizophrenia psychoses discharged from National Health Service mental hospitals ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : We have received a number of representations about the development of community based services for those suffering from mental illnesses, including those with schizophrenia. The bulk of these have been received in response to our strategic proposals for the development of mental illness services which we published in a consultation document in May of this year. We intend to issue a final document in the light of these responses next spring.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many people discharged from mental illness hospitals in Wales in the last year after a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses having been proved vulnerable homeless subsequently became voluntary homeless.
Mr. Grist : The information is not available centrally.
Mental Illness Hospitals
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many new mental illness hospitals were opened and how many closed in Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Grist : None, in the year ending 31 March 1988.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the mental illness hospitals scheduled to (a) open and (b) close in (i) the current and (ii) the next year.
Mr. Grist : In its strategic plan, South Glamorgan health authority has proposed the closure of the Royal Hamadryad hospital during 1988-89, with all beds being transferred to St. David's hospital, Cardiff.
No mental illness hospitals are scheduled to open in 1988-89 and none is scheduled to open or close in 1989-90.
Hospital Services
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the future of the hospital service in Gwynedd.
Mr. Grist : My right hon. Friend is currently considering the proposals of Gwynedd health authority for the future of hospital services within its district. It would therefore not be appropriate for me to make a statement at this stage.
Mentally Ill People
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what funds have been specifically earmarked for the care of the mentally ill following the closure of mental hospitals in Wales in the last year ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Grist : No mental illness hospitals have closed during the last year. In 1988-89 some £2.4 million of additional central funds have been allocated to Welsh health authorities for new projects for the care of people with a mental illness.
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many residential places in the community will be provided in ( a ) the current and ( b ) the next year for those discharged from mental hospitals in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The information requested is not available. The number of places in homes for the mentally ill in each local authority in Wales is published in "Activities of Social Services Departments in Wales," a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Psychiatric Nurses
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many community psychiatric nurses there have been in Wales in each of the last two years.
Mr. Grist : At 31 October 1988 district health authority records showed there to be 178 (whole-time equivalent) community psychiatric nurses (mental illness) in post in Wales. No reliable figure is available centrally for 1987.
University of Wales
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received nationally and internationally concerning the closure of the University of Wales college of medicine research team for the care of the elderly.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : To date, 43 representations have been received from England and Wales.
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will reconsider the decision not to renew the contract with his Department of the University of Wales college of medicine research team for the care of the elderly from January 1989.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : No. We do not consider that there are grounds for reviewing the decision which was taken following a thorough assessment of the team's work by independent experts led by the chief scientist of the Department of Health. However, funding is to continue until 31 July 1989 so that certain research projects may be completed.
The contract with the current team for care research into care of the elderly has been extended until 31 July 1989 and discussions are taking place with the University of Wales college of medicine about future long- term arrangements.
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider an appeal mechanism analagous to that at the Medical Research Council in respect of the University of Wales college of medicine research team for the care of the elderly loss of contract with the Department.
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