§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mentally disordered offenders are currently receiving treatment in each health authority area; how many are estimated to have received treatment in each health authority area in each year since 1991; of these, how many have received or are receiving care in(a) private and (b) NHS facilities; and at what cost in each health authority area. [2659]
§ Mr. BurnsInformation available centrally relates to admissions of mentally disordered offenders. National data are published in the Statistical Bulletin "In-patients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, England: 1989–90 and 1994–95", copies of which are available in the Library; data will be published shortly giving information at trust level for 1994–95. Reliable information on numbers of mentally disordered offenders in hospital at any given time is not available centrally. Information about the costs in each health authority is not held centrally.