§ Lieut.-Colonel Cordeauxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offences against children were committed in Great Britain during the years 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, respectively, by former involuntary patients in mental hospitals; and in how many such cases those patients had absconded from the hospital;
(2) how many offences against the person were committed in Great Britain during the years 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, respectively, by former involuntary patients in mental hospitals; and in how many such cases those patients had absconded from the hospital.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI regret that the information asked for is not available