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Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many patients applying for mental health review tribunal hearings in each year since 1960 requested a public hearing;(2) how many of the patients requesting public hearing before a mental health review tribunal in each year since 1960 had their request for a public hearing turned down.
Mr. Moyle
So far as can be ascertained from readily available records, the information requested is as follows:
| Number of requests for public hearings | Number of requests not granted | ||
| 1974 | … | 1 | Nil |
| 1976 | … | 2 | 1 |
| 1977 | … | 4 | 2 |
| 1978 | … | 2 | * |
| *One request was withdrawn before the tribunal considered it. | |||