§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many long-stay prisoners in psychiatric prisons were discharged into the care of either(a) the NHS, (b) the local authority or (c) voluntary or private care in each year since 1980; and how many of these prisoners were subsequently re-admitted.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 20 January 1992]: The information which is available relating to patients discharged from special hospitals is set out in the table. Full details of the type of care to which special hospital patients are discharged are not routinely collected by the Special Hospitals Service Authority and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Year Transferred to NHS hospitals 1Discharged 2Re-admissions to special hospitals 1980 146 80 38 1981 219 81 43 1982 133 89 35 1983 144 71 35 1984 112 97 36 1985 104 96 33 1986 80 47 51 1987 95 47 23 1988 101 50 20 1989 125 43 21 1990 85 54 22 1 Including repatriations. Figures relating to years 1980–85 include remittances to prison.
91W2 Re-admissions from all sources (community, NHS hospital, court, prison).
Re-admissions do not necessarily relate to the same year as transfer or discharge.