§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many patients released from special hospitals on his authority have subsequently committed homicide for the period 1970 to 1980 or the latest decade for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information readily available relates to persons detained in all hospitals in England and Wales under part V of the Mental Health Act 1959 subject to restriction on discharge who were conditionally discharged in 1971, 1972 and 1973. Of the 382 such persons, three are known to have been convicted of homicide by the end of 1977. No information is available about offences committed by patients whose discharge was not subject to restrictions.