HC Deb 26 February 1934 vol 286 c764W
Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLE

asked the Home Secretary the number of criminal lunatics at Broadmoor who were originally imprisoned for the terms of their natural lives; and how many prisoners in Broadmoor have been detained there over 20 years?

Sir J. GILMOUR

There are 27 persons at Broadmoor who were certified insane and removed there while serving a sentence of penal servitude for life. The total number of patients at Broadmoor who have been detained there for over 20 years is 204.