HC Deb 10 February 1993 vol 218 c696W
Mr. Boateng

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many hearings mental health review tribunals have had in each year since 1987;

(2) how many applications there have been to mental health review tribunals in each year since 1987.

Mr. Yeo

The number of applications for and hearings of mental health review tribunals in each year since 1987 is as follows:

Applications Hearings
1987 5,001 2,928
1988 5,581 3,168
1989 6,378 3,731
1990 7,293 4,378
1991 8,137 4,728
1992 9,073 4,935

Mr. Boateng

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many mental health review tribunal hearings patients have had legal representation in each year since 1987.

Mr. Yeo

This information is not held centrally.