HC Deb 10 July 1985 vol 82 cc432-3W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners, including people on remand, were detained at Strangeways gaol in Manchester on 8 July.

Mr. Mellor

On 5 July, the latest date for which figures were collected centrally, the population of Her Majesty's prison Manchester was 1,733.

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Strangeways gaol, Manchester, are registrably either mentally or physically disabled.

Mr. Mellor

On 31 March 1985 the numbers of persons in Manchester prison whom the medical officer considered to be mentally disordered within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983, was 13, of whom 12 were mentally ill. There are at present three inmates whom the medical officer considers to be physically handicapped.