HC Deb 08 February 1961 vol 634 c73W
Dr. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to state the number of convictions for manslaughter consequent on the plea of diminished responsibility under Section 2 of the Homicide Act, 1957, being successfully made in the case of persons originally charged with murder in each of the years 1958, 1959, and 1960.

Mr. R. A. Butler:

The number of persons convicted of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility under Section 2 of the Homicide Act, 1957, was 25 in 1958, 21 in 1959 and 23 in 1960.