Mentally Disordered Offenders: Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 26664 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) serving, and (b) not serving an IPP sentence have been detained under the Section 47/49 pathway before release from prison, since 2016.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 8 Sep 2026
Section 47/49 of the Mental Health Act (1983) allows for the transfer of a serving prisoners to psychiatric hospital, where the statutory criteria for transfer under the Act are met. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproporti...