HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc755-6W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make statement on levels of re-offending among prisoners with mental illness [155908]

Paul Goggins

There is no central record of re-offending by prisoners with mental illness.

We do know that 6 per cent. of restricted patients under the Mental Health Act 1983 discharged in 1999 were reconvicted of a standard list offence within two years of discharge, and 1 per cent. of a grave offence.

Restricted patients make up about a quarter of offenders dealt with by way of a hospital disposal in lieu of a prison sentence.

Figures are not kept centrally for re-offending by unrestricted patients with hospital orders.

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