§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 11 May,Official Report, column 554, what proportion of patients with secure mental hospital orders for manslaughter has been given any kind of leave of absence it the last 10 years. [25157]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThis information is not available.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 11 May,Official Report, column 554, in which secure mental hospitals each of the patients who pleaded guilty to manslaughter was detained. [25134]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation on the plea entered by defendants is not available centrally for those sentenced to detention in a secure mental hospital. The following information is based on those restricted patients with a hospital order who were sentenced for manslaughter.
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List of hospitals to which each of the patients who were convicted of manslaughter and given a hospital order were initially admitted (1985–94) Hospital name Admissions Broadmoor 67 Rampton 60
List of hospitals to which each of the patients who were convicted of manslaughter and given a hospital order were initially admitted (1985–94) Hospital name Admissions Ashworth 158 Arnold Lodge 2 Bexley 3 Calderstones 1 Camlet Lodge 2 Cane Hill 1 Caswell Clinic 2 Central Hospital, Warwick 2 Claybury 1 Clent Unit 1 Doncaster Gate 3 East Glamorgan 1 Edenfield Centre 1 Fairmile 1 Friern 1 Goodmayes 1 Hackney 6 Knapsbury 2 Kneesworth 2 Knowle 2 Langdon 1 Long Grove 2 Maidstone 2 Mapperley 1 Moorgreen 1 Newton Lodge 1 North Wales Hospital 2 Northern General, Sheffield 2 Northgate 1 Norvic Clinic 2 Pastures 1 Pen y Fai 1 Poole Hospital 5 Prestwich 5 Rainhill 1 Reaside 10 Roundway 1 Runwell 3 Scott Clinic 5 Severalls 1 St. Bernard's, Ealing 12 St. James' 1 St. Augustine's 1 St. Nicholas, Newcastle 1 St. Francis, Hayward's Heath 2 St. Andrew's, Northampton 1 Stanley Royd 2 Storthes Hall 1 Three Bridges 4 Towers 2 Trevor Gibbens Unit 1 Waddilove's 1 Warlingham 1 Whittingham 1 Winterton 1 1 Moss Side and Park Lance merged to become Ashworth in February 1990.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultation is required by his Department before people being detained in secure mental hospitals after conviction for manslaughter with diminished responsibility are released into the community. [23526]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 10 May 1995]: Where such a person is subject to both a hospital and a restriction order, the powers of the responsible medical officer to grant leave to, or discharge, the patient may be 489W exercised only with the consent of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State. Discharge may also be directed by a mental health review tribunal. In considering whether it is safe for a restricted patient to be granted leave or discharged, the Home Office takes account of all relevant information including reports by the responsible medical officer and members of the care team.