HC Deb 12 July 1984 vol 63 cc659-60W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the origin and eventual location of each of the 101 persons refused admission to special hospitals in 1983.

Mr. John Patten

The location, at the time application was made, of the 101 persons for whom applications for admission to special hospitals in 1983 were not accepted was as follows:

Number
In custody awaiting trial 52
In NHS hospitals 27
In prison serving custodial sentences 16
In the community 3
In Carstairs State Hospital, Scotland 1
In private hospital accommodation 1
In prison awaiting a decision by the Home Secretary on a hospital placement under the provisions of the Criminal Procedures (Insanity) Act 1
TOTAL 101

We have no information on eventual disposal, except for the person subject to the provisions of the Criminal Procedures (Insanity) Act who was subsequently sent to a special hospital on the direction of my right hon. and learned Friend, the Home Secretary.