PSYCHIATRIC REPORTS FOR COURTS

HL Deb 01 November 1990 vol 522 c1910WA

The Earl of Longford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

For each of the last 10 years how many psychiatric reports were ordered by the courts on offenders in England and Wales.

Earl Ferrers

Information available in respect of numbers of psychiatric reports prepared for the courts by prison medical officers is given in the following table.

	Requested by the court	Voluntarily submitted	Total
	In custody	On bail
1979	8,494	258	632	9,384
1980	8,155	148	524	8,827
1981	8,003	115	494	8,612
1982	8,032	119	604	8,755
1983	8,193	161	569	8,923
1984–851	9,102	185	606	9,893
1985–86	7,084	97	808	7,989
1986–87	6,367	64	688	7,119
1987–88	5,866	23	607	6,496
1988–89	5,569	267	512	6,348
115 month period.