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Mr. Tom Clarke
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) mentally ill and (b) mentally handicapped persons are in prisons in Northern Ireland and in which prisons.
Mr. Cope
On 29 March 1990 there were 12 prisoners undergoing psychiatric treatment or observation as in-patients in prison hospitals in Northern Ireland. Of these, seven were in Her Majesty's prison, Maghaberry, four in Her Majesty's prison, Belfast, and one in Her Majesty's YOC, Hydebank. None is described as mentally handicapped. Other prisoners may be referred to a consultant forensic psychiatrist from time to time as appropriate.
| 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | |
| DANI | — | — | 45,900 | 50,100 | 53,600 | 55,900 | 54,700 | 56,000 | 61,300 | 59,000 | 74,700 | 66,600 |
| DHSS | 37,675 | 26,948 | 51,504 | 65,825 | 88,767 | 157,267 | 194,978 | 511,293 | 249,591 | 246,480 | 292,000 | 383,000 |
| DENI | 10,081 | 13,958 | 15,436 | 16,655 | 17,539 | 18,291 | 19,119 | 19,889 | 21,434 | 22,008 | 539,727 | 130,759 |
| DOE | 286,000 | 330,000 | 377,000 | 375,000 | 580,000 | 707,000 | 951,000 | 1,071,000 | 1,431,210 | 1,781,110 | 1,903,745 | 1,600,000 |
| DFP1 | — | — | — | — | — | 333,000 | 379,000 | 372,000 | 435,000 | 493,000 | — | — |
| DED | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,692,903 | 2,959,516 | 3,477,000 | 3,630,000 |
| Northern Ireland Office | ||||||||||||
| Information Service2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 950,910 | 1,204,000 |
| 1 Cost of Information Service when under DFP. | ||||||||||||
| 2 Cost of Information Service under NIO. | ||||||||||||