§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of offenders in each year for the last 10 years for which figures are available who have been directed under section 39 of the Mental Health Act 1983 for appropriate hospital treatment but have remained in prison. [74798]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe available information relates to receptions of persons into prisons in England and Wales under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, and is given in the table.
Reception of persons into prisons in England and Wales under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, 1989 to 1998 Year Number of receptions into prisons 1989 165 1990 159 1991 121 1992 1— 1993 148 1994 271 1995 202 1996 216 1997 196 19982 192 1 Not available 2 Provisional