HC Deb 18 February 1982 vol 18 c189W
21. Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of mentally disordered prisoners held in prison department establishments at the latest available date.

Mr. Mayhew

On 30 September 1981 there were 327 people in prison department establishments who, in the opinion of the prison medical officer, were mentally disordered within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959.