Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Women
(asked on 3rd July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were transferred to a secure hospital under provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 17th July 2023
Please see below table showing the number of female prisoners who were transferred to a mental health hospital under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 1 in each of the last five years. This is in the context of a female prison population which stood at 3,253 as of June 2022:
2018 | 111 |
2019 | 125 |
2020 | 103 |
2021 | 102 |
2022 | 139 |
1) Includes remand and sentenced prisoners.