§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number, age, sex and location of those mentally disordered prisoners currently 10W awaiting transfer to hospital; and what is the regional health authority area for which each one is awaiting a place.
§ Mr. MayhewTwelve prisoners are currently awaiting transfer to hospital under section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959. The other particulars requested are as follows.
Age Sex Location Regional health authority approached 27 M Wormwood Scrubs North East Thames 42 M Wormwood Scrubs Trent 28 M Wormwood Scrubs None (request made for a place in a special hospital) 43 M Wandsworth None (request made for a place in a special hospital) 25 M Wandsworth North West Thames 20 M Glen Parva North West Thames 29 M Wandsworth South West Thames 21 F Styal Wessex 38 F Holloway Yorkshire 34 F Durham West Midlands 38 F Risley South East Thames 32 M Wandsworth North West Thames
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mentally disordered prisoners awaiting transfer to a hospital were released at the end of their sentences in 1982.
§ Mr. MayhewBetween 6 December 1982, when I answered a previous question by the hon. Member on the matter, and the end of the year, no prisoners whose transfer to hospital under section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959 was pending were released at the expiry of their sentences. A further check, however, has shown that the number of prisoners released in those circumstances earlier in 1982 was seven—not four as stated in my previous answer. I regret this under-recording and have taken steps to ensure that it does not recur.—[Vol. 33, c.338–9.]