HC Deb 19 November 1992 vol 214 c360W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many defendants charged with an imprisonable offence were remanded under section 35 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to a hospital for reports in 1991 and for the first six months of 1992.

Mr. Yeo

I have been asked to reply.

During the year ending 31 March 1990—the latest information held centrally—283 defendants charged with an imprisonable offence were remanded under section 35 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to a hospital for reports.