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 | ||
| Establishment | Number of mentally ill inmates | Total number of mentally disordered inmates1 |
| Ashford | 1 | 1 |
| Aylesbury | 0 | 1 |
| Bedford | 8 | 8 |
| Birmingham | 3 | 3 |
| Bristol | 8 | 8 |
| Brixton | 98 | 98 |
| Brockhill | 1 | 1 |
| Cardiff | 0 | 2 |
| Dartmoor | 2 | 2 |
| Durham | 1 | 4 |
| Exeter | 3 | 4 |
| Feltham | 3 | 4 |
| Garth | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Parva | 3 | 4 |
| Grendon | 12 | 16 |
| Holloway | 7 | 8 |
| Hull | 1 | 1 |
| Kingston | 0 | 12 |
| Leeds | 14 | 17 |
| Leicester | 2 | 5 |
| Acceptances1 for settlement in the United Kingdom for certain nationalities, 1978–89 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Pakistan | 12,420 | 10,940 | 9,080 | 8,970 | 7,750 | 6,440 | 5,510 | 6,680 | 5,580 | 3,930 | 4,280 | 4,080 |
| India | 9,890 | 9,270 | 7,930 | 6,590 | 5,410 | 5,380 | 5,140 | 5,500 | 4,210 | 4,610 | 5,020 | 4,510 |
| Bangladesh | 4,380 | 3,920 | 5,210 | 5,810 | 7,020 | 4,870 | 4,180 | 5,330 | 4,760 | 3,080 | 2,890 | 3,780 |
| Sri Lanka | 850 | 920 | 770 | 790 | 790 | 920 | 760 | 930 | 840 | 720 | 860 | 790 |
| Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| British Dependent | ||||||||||||
| Territory Citizens | 1,280 | 1,510 | 1,710 | 1,450 | 1,070 | 1,050 | 1,040 | 950 | 880 | 920 | 1,150 | 1,360 |
| Kenya | 710 | 600 | 490 | 430 | 490 | 640 | 610 | 520 | 350 | 400 | 440 | 370 |
| Tanzania | 460 | 400 | 340 | 280 | 320 | 320 | 300 | 330 | 250 | 210 | 230 | 250 |
| Uganda | 80 | 60 | 80 | 40 | 50 | 100 | 40 | 50 | 90 | 90 | 120 | 100 |
| Jamaica | 790 | 600 | 590 | 440 | 320 | 310 | 290 | 350 | 490 | 510 | 620 | 520 |
| Guyana | 300 | 280 | 240 | 220 | 180 | 190 | 190 | 200 | 140 | 180 | 200 | 120 |
| Barbados | 160 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 40 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 260 | 160 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 170 | 150 | 160 | 160 | 140 | 160 | 170 |
| 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
|
| Lewes | 6 | 6 |
| Littlehey | 5 | 5 |
| Liverpool | 2 | 2 |
| Long Lartin | 5 | 8 |
| Maidstone | 31 | 34 |
| Manchester | 18 | 20 |
| New Hall | 4 | 4 |
| Norwich | 5 | 6 |
| Nottingham | 0 | 1 |
| Parkhurst | 0 | 9 |
| Pentonville | 4 | 4 |
| Preston | 1 | 1 |
| Pucklechurch | 0 | 2 |
| Risley | 0 | 1 |
| Rochester | 1 | 4 |
| Stafford | 2 | 2 |
| Styal | 1 | 1 |
| Swaleside | 1 | 1 |
| Swansea | 1 | 1 |
| Wakefield | 6 | 13 |
| Wayland | 4 | 4 |
1 Numbers include those who are mentally ill. | ||