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Prisoners (Mental Health)

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) mentally ill and (b) mentally handicapped persons are in prison in England and Wales and in which prisons.

On 30 September 1989, the latest date for which information is available, 329 prisoners in England and Wales were considered by medical officers to meet the criteria for detention in hospital, as set out in the Mental Health Act 1983; 264 of these prisoners were considered to be mentally ill, within the meaning of the Act. The term "mentally handicapped" is not one of the four specific categories of mental disorder defined in part 1 of the Act.

Details of the establishments holding mentally ill and mentally disordered inmates
EstablishmentNumber of mentally ill inmatesTotal number of mentally disordered inmates1
Ashford11
Aylesbury01
Bedford88
Birmingham33
Bristol88
Brixton9898
Brockhill11
Cardiff02
Dartmoor22
Durham14
Exeter34
Feltham34
Garth01
Glen Parva34
Grendon1216
Holloway78
Hull11
Kingston012
Leeds1417
Leicester25
Acceptances1 for settlement in the United Kingdom for certain nationalities, 1978–89
197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Pakistan12,42010,9409,0808,9707,7506,4405,5106,6805,5803,9304,2804,080
India9,8909,2707,9306,5905,4105,3805,1405,5004,2104,6105,0204,510
Bangladesh4,3803,9205,2105,8107,0204,8704,1805,3304,7603,0802,8903,780
Sri Lanka850920770790790920760930840720860790
Hong Kong
British Dependent
Territory Citizens1,2801,5101,7101,4501,0701,0501,0409508809201,1501,360
Kenya710600490430490640610520350400440370
Tanzania460400340280320320300330250210230250
Uganda806080405010040509090120100
Jamaica790600590440320310290350490510620520
Guyana300280240220180190190200140180200120
Barbados16090100806040506040605040
Trinidad and Tobago260160150150150170150160160140160170
1 Includes those accepted after initial admission to the United Kingdom for a limited period, as well as those accepted on arrival.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department(1) if he has any proposals to improve the operation of the immigration service at Heathrow;

Establishment

Number of mentally ill inmates

Total number of mentally disordered inmates

1

Lewes66
Littlehey55
Liverpool22
Long Lartin58
Maidstone3134
Manchester1820
New Hall44
Norwich56
Nottingham01
Parkhurst09
Pentonville44
Preston11
Pucklechurch02
Risley01
Rochester14
Stafford22
Styal11
Swaleside11
Swansea11
Wakefield613
Wayland44

1 Numbers include those who are mentally ill.