§ Mr. Ll. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of prisoners not certifiable as of unsound mind but requiring psychiatric treatment not available in prison who have received treatment as voluntary patients in mental hospitals under Section 22, subsection (2) (b), of the Prison Act, 1952.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe answer for the period 1952–56, inclusive, is as follows:
Year Male Female Total 1952 … — 1 1 1953 … 4 — 4 1954 … — 2 2 1955 … — — — 1956 … 1 2 3 5 5 10