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Mentally Disordered Offenders: Crimes of Violence

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 14 February 2025UIN 29394

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of violent offenders had (a) paranoid schizophrenia and (b) other mental health illnesses when convicted in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The information requested is not held centrally.

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