Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Table 8 of the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales, 2025 release, published on 30 April 2026, of the 297 restricted patients recalled to hospital following conditional discharge, how many had been conditionally discharged by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) a Tribunal.

Of the 297 recalls of restricted patients to hospital following conditional discharge published in Table 7 (not Table 8), (a) 66 were discharged by the Secretary of State and (b) 231 by the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health).