§ BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGERasked Her Majesty's Government:
The number of convictions under Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 in each year since the Act came into force; and the number of these cases in each year in which (a) sentences of imprisonment; (b) hospital orders; or (c) other sentences were imposed; and of the cases sentenced to imprisonment, how many have been subsequently transferred to hospitals under Section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959.
§ THE MINISTER OF STATE, HOME OFFICE (LORD STONHAM)The information is as follows:
NUMBERS OF PERSONS CONVICTED UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE HOMICIDE ACT 1957 Sentence Year Number convicted Imprisonment* Hospital† Orders Otherwise dealt with 1957 11 10(3) — 1 1958 25 22(6) — 3 1959 21 20(2) — 1 1960 23 21(6) — 2 1961 36 19(3) 15 2 1962 34 12(1) 19 3 1963 46 21(3) 24 1 1964 41 13(2) 23 5 1965 47 16(2) 24 7 1966 51 18(1) 31 2 * The figures in brackets are the numbers of persons who have been transferred to hospitals under Section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959, or under corresponding provisions in force before that Act came into effect. † The relevant provisions of the Mental Health Act 1959 came into force on 1st November, 1960.