§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the numbers of persons in Wales who were ordered to be held in psychiatric hospitals under provisions of Mental Health Acts during 1987 or most recent available and the number of such persons detained under orders in Wales at the current time.
§ Mr. GristThe latest available figures indicate that during 1986 there were 830 admissions to mental illness 295W and mental handicap hospitals and units in Wales under the various provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. Details are as follows:
Mental Health Act 1983 Section Number of people 2 333 3 121 4 254 137 17 237 3 46 1 47 2 136 31 Other powers 68 TOTAL 830 1Without section 41 restriction. 2With section 41 restriction. On 5 April 1987, there were 192 patients in these hospitals and units who were being detained under the Act.