Prisoner Referrals

HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc594-5W

Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give a breakdown of the referrals for psychiatric treatment of prisoners broken down by category for each year since 1984.

Mr. Sackville

The available information is shown in the table:

Estimated number of cases of hospital admissions, including day cases, recorded as being referred from penal institutions, courts, or police stations
	1989–90	1990–91	11991–92
Acute sector	1,560	1,496	1,548
Geriatric	40	16	20
Maternity	24	20	44
Mental illness	4,720	5,024	4,996
Learning disability	88	44	76
Not known	—	—	4
Total	6,432	6,600	6,688

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics.

¹ Provisional.