§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many sufferers form schizophrenia were detained(a) under section 2, (b) under section 3, (c) under section 37 and (d) under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1984;
(2) how many sufferers from schizophrenia were detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1984, in each regional health authority area;
(3) how many (a) non-offender and (b) mentally disordered offender patients detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 1984 were suffering from schizophrenia.
§ Mr. YeoThe available information is given in the tables.
These data are not the number of patients as a person may be admitted more than once during the year.
Information on a comparable basis is not held centrally for later years.
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Admissions (with a diagnosis of schizophrenia) to mental illness hospitals in England detained under section 136 of the Mental
Health Act 1983 during each year 1984–1986, by regional health
authority
Mental Health Act 1983; Section 136 Year Regional health authority 1984 1985 1986 Northern 26 10 16 Yorkshire 2 5 11 Trent 3 11 4 East Anglian 6 3 2 North West Thames 149 109 81 North East Thames 178 159 131 South East Thames 87 79 73 South West Thames 93 94 80 Wessex 4 3 5 Oxford 0 1 0 South Western 2 2 2 West Midlands 5 2 5 Mersey 2 3 2 North Western 7 10 15 England 564 491 427
Admissions (with a diagnosis of schizophrenia) to mental illness hospitals in England detained under selected sections of the Mental
Health Act 1983 during each year 1984 to 1986
Mental Health Act 1983 Section Year 2 3 37 47 and 48 1984 1,886 859 483 32 1985 2,122 912 382 21 1986 2,164 864 395 27
Admissions (with a diagnosis of schizophrenia) to mental illness hospitals in England detained under the Mental Health Act 1983
during each year 1984 to 1986: (a) non-offenders and (b) mentally
disordered offenders
Mental Health Act 1983 Year (a) non-offenders (b) mentally disordered offenders 1984 4,348 594 1985 4,547 522 1986 4,334 550