§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the inadequacy of the existing scope of psychiatric treatment for prisoners, if he will give details of the steps he is taking to remedy this deficiency.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsPsychiatric services for prisoners compare well with those available for the country generally, but further improvements will come from the appointment, jointly with regional hospital boards, of consultants in forensic psychiatry. Three such consultants will be appointed by May, and I hope that others will be appointed later this year.