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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to
a secure hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of
the last seven years<del class="ministerial">, and the numbers of those prisoners
recorded as male or female are</del><ins class="ministerial">is</ins> set out below:
<table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Male</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1011</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">881</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">884</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">994</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1084</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1067</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1071</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Female</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">85</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">112</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">107</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">104</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">106</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">104</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1096</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>1004</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>996</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>1101</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1188</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>1173</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1175</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>945</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>953</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>979</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>990</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1,061</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>1,010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>980</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ins
class="ministerial">It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by
gender; this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins> Data
on how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have been identified with mental
health issues (ii) are still in the prison where those issues were identified, (iii)
have moved prison and (iv) have been moved to a bail hostel in each of the last seven
years is not collected centrally. We take the mental health of prisoners extremely
seriously, which is why we have increased the support available to vulnerable offenders
- especially during the first 24 hours in custody - and invested more in mental health
awareness training for prison officers. We are putting more funding into prison safety
and have embarked on major Prison Safety Programme, in order to reduce the number
of self-inflicted deaths and incidents of self-harm in our prisons. But we recognise
that more can be done and continue to work in partnership with HMPPS, NHS England
and Public Health England to improve mental health services for offenders at all points
of the criminal justice system.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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