Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions for in-patient care were made for mental illness in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in Birmingham local authority of residence and West Midlands Government office region of residence for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18 is shown in the following tables.

This only includes admissions where the patient was admitted and treated in a hospital.

FAEs with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in Birmingham local authority of residence

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

FAEs with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in West Midlands Government office region of residence

Source: HES, NHS Digital