HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 c605W
Mr. David Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the Boyd inquiry on the homicides and suicides of discharged psychiatric patients.

Mr. Yeo

An up-to-date account of the confidential inquiry into homicides and suicides by mentally ill people is contained in paragraph 23 of the fourth report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 entitled "Development of Services for People with Learning Disabilities (Mental Handicap) or Mental Illness in England" which was laid before the House on 16 December 1992. Copies are available in the Library.