HC Deb 18 November 1992 vol 214 c201W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many remand prisoners in England and Wales were referred for psychiatric reports in 1991 and for the first six months of 1992.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information available centrally is based on annual returns by prison medical officers and relates to financial years. In the year ended 31 March 1992, 4,732 psychiatric reports were prepared at the request of courts on persons remanded in custody.