§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons the Oxford regional health authority has given for being unable to find a place for the mentally-disordered offender who on 31 May 1978 had been waiting for six to 12 months for a hospital bed.
§ Mr. BrittanThe Oxfordshire area health authority has indicated that the two hospitals which have looked after the offender in the past are unable to provide a sufficiently secure place for him. Inquiries into the possibility of transferring the prisoner are continuing.