HC Deb 16 January 1991 vol 183 c534W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of patients at the state hospital at Carstairs in each year since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The number of patients as at 31 December in each year was as follows:

Number
1979 305
1980 328
1981 310
1982 291
1983 268
1984 248
1985 234
1986 227
1987 210
1988 216
1989 229
1990 222