§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department at the latest available date, how many male and female prisoners in England and Wales are currently remanded in custody awaiting medical reports.
§ Mr. MellorThe data on remands in custody awaiting a medical report are collected annually and are not available centrally in a form which would enable a figure to be given for the number held on remand for this purpose on a particular date. This could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in each year since 1979, how many male and female prisoners in England and Wales were remanded in custody for medical reports.
§ Mr. MellorThe number of male and female prisoners in England and Wales remanded into custody for medical reports since 1980 is as follows:
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Males Females 1980 7,587 1,058 1981 7,225 1,006 1982 7,506 832 1983 7,507 840 January 1984—March 1985 8,289 1,032 1985–86 7,578 782 1986–87 5,860 676 1987–88 5,493 481 1988–89 5,043 652 Figures are not available for 1979 and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.