§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were remanded to(a) Brixton prison and (h) Holloway prison for the purposes of social inquiry and psychiatrict reports in each of the years from 1980 to 1987.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 31 March 1988]Figures relating to remands for social inquiry reports are not available. Numbers of prisoners on whom psychiatric reports were prepared by prison medical officers in the years in question were as follows:
Psychiatric reports by Medical Officers on persons remanded in custody Brixton Holloway 1980 2,440 638 1981 2,502 653 1982 2,551 612 1983 3,137 568 1984–851 3,202 613 1985–86 2,885 477 1986–87 2,624 403 1 15 month period.