§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times Mr. Ian Ball's case has been before a mental health review tribunal; what was the recommendation on each occasion; and what are his reasons for disagreeing with the recommendations.
§ Mr. MayhewMr. Ball, who is now a patient in Broadmoor hospital, has appeared before a mental health review tribunal on five occasions, most recently on 14 December 1982. It has been the practice of successive Home Secretaries to treat as confidential the advice given to them by a tribunal about a patient subject to a restriction order under section 65 of the Mental Health Act 1959, as
September Rank 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Constable 2,609 3,685 2,775 3,918 3,189 4,809 4,086 6,471 4,956 7,848 5,610 8,883 6,189 9,798 Sergeant 3,611 4,243 3,918 4,563 4,683 5,406 6,186 7,095 7,503 8,607 8,493 9,744 9,369 10,749 Inspector 4,169 5,119 4,563 5,538 5,406 6,489 7,095 8,445 8,607 10,242 9,744 11,595 10,749 12,789 Chief Inspector 4,823 6,217 5,295 6,282 6,198 7,260 8,058 9,348 9,774 11,340 11,064 12,837 12,204 14,160 Superintendent 6,431 7,306 7,074 7,953 8,436 9,333 11,124 12,156 13,494 14,745 15,276 16,692 16,848 18,411 Chief Superintendent 7,319 8,143 8,049 8,874 9,426 10,326 12,258 13,365 14,868 16,212 16,830 18,351 18,564 20,241 Assistant Chief Constable 8,142 9,468 8,350 9,676 10,478 11,077 14,188 — 17,001 — 19,101 — 21,069 — Deputy Chief Constable 8,268 10,600 8,476 10,808 11,004 13,604 15,072 18,615 17,502 20,943 19,602 22,794 21,621 25,143 Chief Constable 8,523 14,202 8,731 14,410 13,603 17,455 18,840 23,268 21,195 26,175 23,046 28,203 25,419 31,107 Senior officers in Metropolitan Police Commander 8,532 8,964 8,740 9,172 10,733 10,949 14,442 — 17,289 — 19,428 — 21,429 — Deputy Assistant commissioner 9,576 10,683 9,783 10,891 12,642 13,196 17,592 — 19,791 — 21,681 — 23,913 — Assistant Commissioner 13,089 — 13,297 — 16,336 — 21,990 — 24,738 — 26,694 — 29,442 — Deputy Commissioner 14,445 — 14,653 — 17,984 — 24,192 — 27,216 — 29,364 — 32,388 —