§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases involving killing or rape, pleas of diminished responsibility have been accepted by the courts in the past 10 years.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not available centrally on the number of offences of rape where a plea of diminished responsibility was accepted by the court. Data for 1979 to 1988 on the number of convictions for manslaughter where a plea of diminished responsibility was accepted by the court are given in the table.
Data for 1989 will not be available until autumn 1990.
Persons convicted of manslaughter, diminished responsibility under the Homicide Act 1957, Section 2 England and Wales Year Convictions 1979 92 1980 78 1981 84 1982 90 1983 84 1984 72 1985 65 1986 49 1987 50 1988 53