§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons released from the State hospital, Carstairs, in each of the past five years have been released previously from the State hospital having been committed previously therein following convictions for crimes of violence.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:The figures, which relate to patients who (a) were first admitted following crimes involving assault—which may not have been violent—and who (b) were at that time either convicted or found"insane in bar of trial", are as follows:
Year State patients Others Total 1974 2 — 2 1975 1 — 1 1976 — — — 1977 — 1 1 1978* 1 — 1 *To 26th November. All were transferred to other hospitals except one in 1975 who was given an absolute discharge.
§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons admitted to the State hospital, Carstairs, following conviction for a violent offence, for each of the past five years, had been committed previously to the State hospital.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:One in 1977.
§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been discharged from the State hospital, Carstairs, in each of the past five years, having originally been committed to it following conviction for violent crimes.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:The figures, which relate to patients who (a) had been sent
Admissions Discharges Year State patients Others Total State patients Others Total 1974 14 24 38 18 22 40 1975 28 20 48 17 21 38 1976 20 20 40 15 13 28 1977 16 11 27 17 23 40 1978 to 26th November 18 17 35 18 20 38 The discharge figures include the following transfers to other hospitals:
366Wto the State hospital following crimes involving assault—which may not always have been violent—and who (b) were either convicted or found"insane in bar of trial ", are:
Year State patients Others Total 1974 11 2 13 1975 10 7 17 1976 9 1 10 1977 11 4 15 1978 7 2 9 All but one patient in 1974, four in 1975 and one in 1978 were transferred from the State hospital to other hospitals.
§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons have been admitted to the State hospital, Carstairs, for each of the past five years, following convictions for crimes of violence.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:The figures, which relate to patients who (a) were admitted to the State hospital following crimes involving assault—which may not have been violent—and who (b) were either convicted or found"insane in bar of trial" are:
ADMISSIONS Year State patients Others Total 1974 10 4 14 1975 21 10 31 1976 12 6 18 1977 16 7 23 1978* 10 4 14 *To 26th November. The figures include patients who were sent initially by the courts to other hospitals and were later transferred to the State hospital.
§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total admission figures and the total release figures, for each of the past five years, for the State hospital, Carstairs.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:The figures are:
1974, 31; 33; 1376, 26; 1977, 35; 1978, 31.