Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986

PART II Information and Consultation

9 Information

In subsection (2)(b) of section 1 of the 1970 Act—

(a) for the words " any other of those services " there shall be substituted the words " any other service provided by the authority (whether under any such arrangements or not) " ; and

(b) at the end there shall be inserted the words " and of any service provided by any other authority or organisation which in the opinion of the authority is so relevant and of which particulars are in the authority's possession. ".

10 Co-option to committees etc. of persons representing interests of disabled persons

Where any enactment provides for the appointment or co-option to any council, committee or body of one or more persons with special knowledge of the needs of disabled persons, such appointment or co-option shall only be made after consultation with such organisation or organisations of disabled people as may be appropriate in each case.

11 Reports to Parliament

(1) The Secretary of State shall annually lay before Parliament a report containing the following information, namely—

(a) such information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate with respect to the development of health and social services in the community for persons suffering from mental illness or mental handicap who are not resident in hospitals ;

(b) information with respect to—

(i) the number of persons receiving treatment for mental illness as in-patients in health service hospitals, and

(ii) the number of persons receiving treatment for mental handicap as in-patients in such hospitals,

in each case analysed by reference to age and length of stay; and

(c) such other information (if any) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to be included in the report.

(2) In this section—

• " health service hospital "—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the 1977 Act, except that it does not include a special hospital, and

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the 1978 Act, except that it does not include a State hospital; and

• " mental handicap " has, in relation to England and Wales, the same meaning as in Group D in Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 23.] Juries Act 1974.