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Mentally Disordered Offenders

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 1 June 2026UIN 3391

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to table 4 of the Restricted Patients Statistics, published on 30 April 2026, how many restricted patients detained in hospital and admitted not from prison, who had previously been discharged into the community, have there been in each year since 2005.

Answered by Jake Richards

The data requested are not collected. To do so would require a new manual process and is therefore subject to a cost exemption. However, the annual totals of restricted patients admitted from a previous conditional discharge (via recall from the community) are published in the restricted patients’ statistics. See table 7, row 24: Restricted_Patients_Statistics_2025.ods.

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