§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were detained in Scotland under section 26 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RifkindIn 1989 the number of episodes of emergency detention under section 24 of the Act which 249W were subsequently continued under section 26 was 1,211. This figure includes patients who were subject to these detention provisions on more than one occasion during the year.