HC Deb 13 July 1988 vol 137 cc220-1W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were remanded to all prisons in England and Wales for the purposes of psychiatric reports in each year from 1980 to 1987.

Mr. John Patten

[holding answer 12 July 1988]: The readily available information is given in the table. Information for 1987–88 is not yet available.

Psychiatric reports prepared in prison department establishments in England and Wales on persons remanded in custody for reports.

Number
1980 8,155
1981 8,003
1982 8,032
1983 8,193
11984–85 9,102
21985–86 7,084
31986–87 6,367
1 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1985.
2 Financial year, 1 April to 31 March.