§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, columns 92–94, what percentage of remand prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 was (a) convicted and (b) received a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years. [31220]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 27 June 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 5 July 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking what percentage of remand prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 were (a) convicted and (b) received a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.The attached table gives the information requested for remand prisoners transferred to prison under section 48 of the Mental Health 282W Act 1983. All prisoners transferred under section 47 of the Act have been convicted and sentenced. The relevant breakdown of 1994 data is not yet available.
Percentage of remand prisoners transferred to hospital under S.48 of The Mental Health Act 1983, between 1985 and 1993, who were (A) convicted and (B) received a custodial sentence1 Convicted 2Custodial sentences Year Total admissions Total Percentage Total Percentage 1985 41 34 83 1 2 1986 53 33 62 0 — 1987 77 64 83 1 1 1988 85 68 80 7 8 1989 100 79 79 9 9 1990 181 116 64 9 5 1991 264 175 66 9 3 1992 380 241 63 16 4 19933 486 251 52 24 5 1 This table covers all persons who were admitted to hospital on remand and subsequently disposed of at court. 2 Excludes restricted hospital orders. 3 In 1993, 24 persons were disposed of at court where the outcome was unknown. Note:
1. In 1985, 1988, 1989 the admission figures include a small number of unrestricted patients, as given in the answer of 18 April. The convictions and custodial sentence figures, however, relate to restricted patients only. There is therefore a slight understatement in the percentages for these years.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, columns 92–94, what percentage of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 10 years. [31219]
§ Mr. Forsyth[holding answer 27 June 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 5 July 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the Office, to reply to your recent Question asking what percentage of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were transferred to hospital under section 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 10 years.The information requested is given in the attached table.
283W
Percentage of male and female prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of The Mental Health Act 1983 between 1985 and 1994 Male prisoners Female prisoners Year Transferred1 Percentage of average population2 Transferred1 Percentage of average population2 1985 119 0.3 22 1.4 1986 139 0.3 21 1.3 1987 181 0.4 23 1.3 1988 185 0.4 21 1.2 1989 207 0.5 24 1.4 1990 304 0.7 33 2.1 1991 422 1.0 35 2.3 1992 553 1.3 57 3.6 1993 718 1.7 58 3.7 19941 733 1.6 59 3.3 1 Provisional figures still under revision. 2 Source of population figures: "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1993" table 1.5, and "Home Office Statistical Bulletin", 8/95, table 1.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, columns 92–94, what was the average length of stay in hospital for prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (a) before sentence and (b) after sentence in each of the last 10 years. [31221]
§ Mr. Forsyth[holding answer 27 June 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 5 July 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the average length of stay in hospital for prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (a) before sentence and (b) after sentence in each of the last 10 years.Information is only readily available for restricted patients since 1994. Based on those prisoners transferred to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the 1983 Mental Health Act in the hospital population at the end of 1994, the average length of stay on remand was seven and a half months and the average length of stay under sentence was three years.