§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales were made subject to hospital orders under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983; and how many were transferred to hospital under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the year 1993–94.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 26 May 1994]: Some 156 persons were made subject to hospital orders with restrictions—sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983—in 1992, of whom 51 had previously been transferred from prison to hospital under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Information for 1993–94 is not yet available.
663WInformation on prisoners transferred to hospital under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is published annually in the Home Office statistical bulletin "Statistics of Mentally Disordered Offenders England and Wales" of which the latest edition is that for 1992.