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Children and Adult Services Parliamentary Monitor Bulletin 354 - 13 Jan 2012

Children :

Crime :

  • Health and diversion services for offenders
    • The Government will spend £19.4 million in 2012-13 on health and criminal justice liaison and diversion services Health Minister Paul Burstow said in a Ministerial statement on 12 Jan.

Disability :

  • Multi-sensory impairment in children
    • Latest available figures show 510 pupils with multi-sensory impairment as their primary type of need in English schools Education Minister Sarah Teather said in a parliamentary answer on 10 Jan.

Mental health :

  • Young people receiving mental health treatment in England
    • The numbers of people in each age group below 25 years old who received mental health treatment in England last year were detailed by Health Minister Paul Burstow in a parliamentary answer on 10 Jan.

  • Electro-convulsive therapy
    • Electro-convulsive therapy was used in the NHS nearly 7,000 times last year Health Minister Paul Burstow said in a parliamentary answer on 10 Jan.

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