§ 30. Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people detained under section 65 of the Mental Health Act who have subsequently won their appeal to the mental health review tribunal continue to be detained in special hospitals, such as Moss Side and Rampton, because of insufficient ordinary hospital bed spaces in their counties of origin.
§ Mr. FowlerAs at 15 December 1981 there were 27 patients detained in special hospitals who were subject to restrictions under section 65 of the Mental Health Act 1959 but to whose transfer from conditions of special security my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary had, after considering the advice of the mental health review tribunals, given his consent and who were still awaiting a suitable vacancy in a local hospital.