§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has undertaken or commissioned into medical remands.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, is conducting research, supported by a grant from the Home Office, on remands for medical reports. The Home Office Research Unit is itself examining the operation of the out-patient services set up at Holloway prison in 1971 and at Brixton prison in 1972 to provide courts with medical reports on persons remanded on bail.
A special study was made by the Prison Department of the Home Office of defendants remanded in custody for medical reports at three establishments during a week in June 1970, as a result of which measures were taken with a view to reducing the number and length of such remands.
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many males and how many females were remanded in custody in 1972 for psychiatric reports and for reports on their physical health.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe relevant figures are set out in the table below:
Male Female Psychiatric reports 10,582 1,371 State of physical health reports … 467 17