HC Deb 20 January 1993 vol 217 c322W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population of the three special hospitals in England and Wales for the last date available were(a) female, (b) black and (c) aged under 21 years.

Mr. Yeo

The information requested is in the tables.

Percentage of female patients in special hospitals on 18 January 1993
Broadmoor Per cent. Rampton Per cent. Ashworth Per cent. Total Per cent.
19.8 20.3 11.6 16.9

Percentages of special hospital patients by ethnic group on 18 January 1993
Ethnic Group Per cent. of patients in:
Broadmoor Per cent. Rampton Per cent. Ashworth Per cent. Percentage of all patients in special hospitals
Black— 10.9 11.1 8.0 9.9
Caribbean
Black— 2.2 0.9 0.8 1.3
African
Black— 2.8 0 0 0.8
Other
Indian 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.0
Pakistani 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7
Bangladeshi 0.2 0 0 0.1
Chinese 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
White 79.8 83.4 86.8 83.6
Other 2.2 3.0 2.6 2.6

Percentage of patients aged under 21 years in special hospitals on 18 January 1993
Broadmoor Per cent. Rampton Per cent. Ashworth Per cent. Total Per cent.
0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a full breakdown of the ages of the population of each of the three special hospitals in England and Wales.

Mr. Yeo

The available information as at 18 January 1993 is given in the table.

Special hospital
Age band Broadmoor Rampton Ashworth Total
< 18 0 0 1 1
18–21 3 5 5 13
21–25 35 26 51 112
25–35 181 153 231 565
35–45 128 200 177 505
45–55 77 108 104 289
55+ 71 50 58 179
Total 495 542 627 1,664