HC Deb 19 July 1977 vol 935 cc457-8W
Mr. Kilroy Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long each of the 17 men and one woman in prison department establishments on 31st May 1977 for vagrancy offences had been in these establishments; and which establishments they were.

Mr. John

Of the 17 men in prison department establishments on 31st May for offences of vagrancy, 12 were in Pentonville, three in Birmingham and one each in Liverpool and Swansea. Thirteen had been in prison for less than one month and four for more than one month but less than two months. The woman, who was in Drake Hall, had been in prison for more than one month but less than two months.

decide whether to accept a mental health review tribunal's decision for discharge only in 1975 and 1976;

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were (a) the average, (b) the longest and (c) the shortest times taken by him to decide whether to accept a mental health review tribunal's decision for discharge only in 1975 and 1976.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were (a) the average, (b) the longest and (c) the shortest times taken by him to decide whether to accept a mental health review tribunal's decision for discharge only in 1975 and 1976.

Mr. John

The following is the information required: