§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were transferred to mental institutions from prison in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985; and what records are available of the breakdown by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnic origin.
§ Mr. WhitneyInformation is not collected centrally in precisely the form requested. The available information on numbers of transfers is given in the table. Analyses are also available by age and sex, but not by ethnic origin. Relevant transfers to mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units are analysed by sex in booklet 11 (Legal status of patients) in the series of DHSS booklets "Mental Health Statistics for England" for the years 1983 and 1984. For earlier years some analyses by sex and age are contained in HMSO publications in the series "In-patient statistics from the Mental Health Enquiry for England". Copies of both series are in the Library.
Admissions* to mental illness hospitals from units† in England of people transferred from penal establishments Year Number 1980 550 1981 398 1982 517 1983 572 1984 598 * A small number of these admissions was to mental handicap hospitals and units and special hospitals. † Anyone admitted more than once in a year would be represented more than once in the figures.