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Mentally Disordered Offenders: Homicide

Commons · Question 302 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by Neil O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, according to data supplied to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, how many patients in recent (12 months) contact with mental health services were convicted

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 22 May 2026

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health is not able to provide separate figures for 2024.In England, Wales, and Scotland, the estimated number of people who were convicted of a homicide offence and who had been in contac...