§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether, for the most recent six and 12-months' periods for which figures are available, he will provide, by the individual courts concerned separately, the number of men sent for medical reports to the out-patient clinic at Brixton Prison; how many men were remanded in custody for medical reports by courts to which the Brixton out-patient clinic was available: and whether he will make a statement;
(2) whether, for the most recent six-and 12-months' periods for which figures are available, he will state what proportion of men remanded in custody for medical reports by courts to which the Brixton out-patient clinic was available were subsequently given custodial sentences or committed to mental hospitals.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe out-patient clinic at Brixton Prison was initially made available to five magistrates' courts in London in June 1972, and the service extended to all inner London magistrates' courts in November 1972. Information about the number of persons attending the clinic is given in the following tables:
June 1972 to September 1972 Court arranging appointment No. of Persons Camberwell Green … … 3 Greenwich … … 1 Woolwich … … 2 align="right">6
October 1972 to March 1973 Court arranging appointment No. of Persons Bow Street … … 6 Bromley … … 1 Camberwell Green … … 5 Lambeth … … 1 Marylebone … … 1 Old Street … … 1 South Western … … 3 Tower Bridge … … 2 20 I regret that the other information for which the right hon. Member asks is not readily available and could not be obtained without examination of very large 214W numbers of individual records. During 1972, 3,299 persons were received into Brixton from all the courts it serves having been remanded for mental observation or state of health reports.