HC Deb 11 May 1973 vol 856 cc211-3W
Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether, for the year ended 31st March 1973 and for the most recent six-months' period for which figures are available, he will provide, by the individual courts concerned separately, the number of women and girls separately sent for medical reports to the out-patient clinic at Hollo-way Prison; how many women and girls separately were remanded in custody for medical reports by courts to which the Holloway out-patient clinic was available; and whether he will make a statement;

(2) whether, for the year ended 31st March 1973 and for the most recent six-months' period for which figures are available, he will state what proportion of women and girls, separately, remanded in custody for medical reports by courts to which the Holloway out-patient clinic was available, were subsequently given custodial sentences or committed to mental hospitals.

Mr. Carlisle

Information about the use of the out-patient clinic at Holloway Prison is given in the following tables:

April 1972 to September 1972
Court arranging appointment No. of persons
Bow Street Magistrates' Court 1
Central Criminal Court 1
Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court 3
Ealing Magistrates' Court 1
Marlborough Street Magistrates' Court 1
Marylebone Magistrates' Court 1
North London Magistrates' Court 2
South Western Magistrates' Court 2
Stratford Magistrates' Court 1
Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court 2
West London Magistrates' Court 1
Woking Magistrates' Court 1
17
October 1972 to March 1973
Bow Street Magistrates' Court 1
Croydon Crown Court 1
Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court 1
Ealing Magistrates' Court 1
Enfield Magistrates' Court 1
Greenwich Magistrates' Court 1
Inner London Crown Court 1
Marylebone Magistrates' Court 2
North London Magistrates' Court 3
South Western Magistrates' Court 1
Thames Magistrates' Court 1
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I regret that neither information about the ages of the defendants attending the clinic nor the other information for which the right hon. Member asks is readily available. During 1972, 932 persons were received into Holloway from all the courts it serves having been remanded for mental observation or state of health reports.