HC Deb 26 October 1993 vol 230 c603W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in 1991–92 were retained in the hospital system under sections 2 or 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 because(a) suitable accommodation outside the hospital was not available or (b) an alternative but less restrictive mental health facility was not available.

Mr. Bowis

This information is not collected centrally.