HC Deb 26 January 1979 vol 961 c274W
Mr. Grocott

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his latest estimate of the number of inmates of Her Majesty's prisons who are (a) mentally ill and (b) mentally sub-normal.

Dr. Summerskill

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 20 November and 17 January—[Vol. 958, c.416–22; Vol. 960, c. 756.]