asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children, of what age and sex, are currently detained under sections 60 to 65 of the Mental Health Act 1959; and where they are at present detained.
On 31st December, 1977, 3 males aged 14 and under 17 were detained under sections 60/65 of the Mental Health Act 1959; all three were in Moss Side Hospital.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children, of what age and sex, during each of the past 10 years, have been made subject to detention under sections 60 to 65 of the Mental Health Act 1959 at the time of a court appearance.
Numbers of persons aged under 17 made subject to detention under sections 60/65 of the Mental Health Act 1959 are published annually in Criminal Statistics, England and Wales—table 14 of the volume for 1977, Cmnd. 7289. The published figures for 1973 and 1974 do not distinguish between males and females: in 1973 no female and in 1974 one female was made subject to detention under these sections.