HC Deb 20 June 1977 vol 933 cc367-8W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence there is of the effectiveness of the current policy of providing medium secure units for mentally abnormal offenders.

Mr. Moyle

No regional secure psychiatric units as such have yet been established, though all regional health authorities have been asked to provide them as a matter of priority, and some interim secure psychiatric facilities are in opera- tion. We intend to monitor the effectiveness of regional secure psychiatric units when they are established.