HL Deb 25 January 1962 vol 236 cc993-4WA
BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The number of persons convicted of crimes of violence in the years 1960 and 1961, the number of such persons in respect of whom hospital orders were made under Part V of the Mental Health Act, 1959, and the number and duration of any restriction orders attaching to these hospital orders.

THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS (EARL BATHURST)

The number of persons convicted in England and Wales during 1960 of crimes of violence (i.e. crimes classified under the numbers 1 to 15 in the Criminal Statistics) was 10,259, and the provisional figure for the first nine months of 1961 is 3,270. The provisions of Part V of the Mental Health Act, 1959, came into effect on November 1, 1960, and the provisional figures for convictions of crimes of violence, and for hospital and restriction orders made under the Act in respect of persons so convicted, in the period November 1, 1960, to September 30, 1961, are:

(1) (2) (3)
Total number of convictions of offences of violence Number of hospital orders made in respect of persons included in Col. (1) Number of restriction orders made in conjunction with orders included in Col. (2)
10,099 97 41

The duration of the orders restricting discharge was:

Indeterminate … … 25
6 months … … 1
1 year … … 4
2 years … … 3
5 years … … 6
10 years … … 1
40 years … … 1
Total … 41

House adjourned at one minute past four o'clock.