HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 c482W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) young persons were restrained for medical reasons in 1983 in penal establishments.

Mr. Hurd

Provisional figures show that a total of 38 men, nine women and 15 persons under 21 were restrained for medical reasons in prison department establishments in 1983.