Mentally Disordered Offenders

(asked on 28th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection have served (a) all and (b) part of their sentence at (i) Ashworth, (ii) Broadmoor and (iii) Rampton High Security Psychiatric Hospitals in each of the year since 2010.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 31st October 2019

It is not possible to provide the information requested, as it could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The number of transferred prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection who were detained under sections 47/49 of the Mental Health Act 1983 at each of the High Secure Hospitals as at 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2018 is set out below.

IPPs detained under the MHA as of 31st Dec

Ashworth

Broadmoor

Rampton

2013

21

16

20

2014

20

13

27

2015

20

12

28

2016

21

12

23

2017

20

16

31

2018

19

16

26

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