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Mr. Thomas Cox
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men or women at each prison in England and Wales have been certified under the Mental Health Acts and are waiting for accommodation in a psychiatric hospital.
Mr. Brittan
On 31 January 1980 there was a total of 43 prisoners in respect of whom the reports specified in section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959 had been received who were still waiting for admission to a hospital. The following table identifies the sex of those prisoners and the prison in which they were held; it also distinguishes those cases in which there has been an agreement in principle
| PRISONERS AWAITING HOSPITAL VACANCIES AT 31 JANUARY 1980 | |||||||||
| Prison | Vacancy still being sought | Admission agreed in principle by hospitals managers | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||||
| Birmingham | … | … | … | … | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Cardiff | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dartmoor | … | … | … | … | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| Gartree | … | … | … | … | … | 2 | — | — | — |
| Holloway | … | … | … | … | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Leicester | … | … | … | … | … | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lincoln | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | — | — | — |
| Liverpool | … | … | … | … | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Norwich | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | — | — | — |
| Parkhurst | … | … | … | … | 3 | — | 3 | — | |
| Wakefield | … | … | … | … | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Wandsworth | … | … | … | … | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Winchester | … | … | … | … | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wormwood Scrubs | … | … | … | 9 | — | 5 | — | ||
| Total | … | … | … | … | … | 29 | 2 | 12* | — |
| Grand Total | … | … | … | … | 43 | ||||
| * 10 of these are awaiting admission to Broadmoor and 2 to local psychiatric hospitals. | |||||||||