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1697836

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prison and Probation Service take to ensure prisoners released on end of custody supervised licence can continue to access drug addiction treatment programs when they are released from prison.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>We know that supporting offenders to engage in drug and alcohol treatment is vital to reduce reoffending and we are working with health partners on a range of interventions to strengthen continuity of care for prison leavers. We have recruited over 50 Health and Justice Co-ordinators nationwide to improve links between prison and community treatment services, procured 650 laptops to enable prisoners to speak to community treatment providers before release and we are rolling out the Probation Notification Actioning Project (PNAP) which will make probation aware of prison leavers who have been referred to community treatment so probation can support continued engagement.</p><p>The lower-level offenders released on ECSL will have a release plan put together by probation, and where appropriate this release plan will include access to drug and alcohol treatment. It remains at the discretion of the prison service to block or delay the ECSL release of any prisoners where doing so would result in losing access to essential services such as drug and alcohol treatment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:03:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1604021

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners who die within two weeks of release do so because of drug-related causes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	165444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Every drug-related death is a tragedy. Between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, 65 offenders supervised by the Probation Service in England and Wales under post-release supervision, died within two weeks of release from prison. Of these, 27 died as a result of a self-inflicted drug overdose (including intentional and unintentional drug overdoses), equivalent to 41.5%. This figure excludes deaths where drugs were a contributing factor, but not the cause of death.</p><p>The apparent cause of death is as reported in the probation case management system, and has not been independently verified. The total number of deaths includes those with an unclassified cause of death, referring to those where the cause was unknown at the time of reporting.</p><p>As part of our up to £120m investment to tackle drug misuse, we are focusing on improving continuity of care from prison by providing prisoners with the opportunity to engage with community treatment pre-release via video calling, and recruiting Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between prison and local treatment services. Naloxone, a life-saving medication for those who have suffered an opiate overdose, is available in Probation Contact Centres (including Approved Premises) with staff trained to use it in an emergency.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/03/2023 09:32:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1604022

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners with drug dependence can access community drug treatment services in their community as soon as possible after release.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	165445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>We work closely with the Department for Health and Social Care, NHS England and the Welsh Government to support access to, and continuity of, care in custody and into the community, in line with the goals of the Adult National Partnership Agreement published on 23 February 2023.</p><p>As part of our up to £120m investment in getting more offenders into treatment, we are focused on ensuring dedicated staff are in place to ensure continuity of treatment as soon as someone is released. We are recruiting Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between prison and local treatment services, and Drug Strategy Leads in key prisons to ensure a focus on treatment. We are also rolling out more video calling technology, providing prisoners with the opportunity to engage with community treatment pre-release.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/03/2023 14:55:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1600019

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve continuity of care for prisoners released while they are undergoing drug treatment services.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	155140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>It is vitally important that all prisoners and prison leavers with a substance dependency continue treatment on release and have access to timely and high-quality drug treatment services to recover from the misuse that drives offending. We work closely with health and justice partners through the Adult National Partnership Agreement published on 23 February 2023, one of the goals of which is support access to, and continuity of care throughout the prison estate and into the community.</p><p>As part of the Cross-Government Drug Strategy, we are investing up to £120m over the next three-years to keep drugs out of prisons and get offenders off drugs and into recovery. Our work includes focusing on prison “in-reach” by providing prisoners with the opportunity to engage with community treatment pre-release via video calling and recruiting Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between prison and local treatment services, ensuring continuity of care upon release.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/03/2023 12:45:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1586226

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he had made of the potential merits of requiring that health support workers are the first point of contact for prison leavers with substance dependency; and what steps he is taking to provide these leavers with timely access to health services.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	147128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>It is vital that all prisoners and prison leavers with a substance dependency can access timely and high-quality treatment to recover from the misuse that drives offending, with dedicated staff in place to ensure continuity of the appropriate support and treatment once someone is released. We work closely with the NHS, Department for Health and Social Care and the Welsh Government to make this possible.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is investing up to £120m over the next three-years to keep drugs out of prisons and get offenders off drugs and into recovery. This includes focusing on prison in-reach by providing prisoners with the opportunity to engage with community treatment pre-release via video calling, and recruiting Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between prison and local treatment services, ensuring continuity of care upon release.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/02/2023 13:47:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1221551

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published in October 2019, what recent progress has been made on recommendation 2 of the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	70357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are committed to meeting the health needs of offenders in custody and the community, including those with substance misuse issues, mental health problems and those who are homeless. We welcome the publication of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on Custody-Community Transitions, and we are working closely with health partners to deliver the recommendations accepted by the government.</p><p>A cross-Government working group has been formed in order to address recommendations 1 and 2. This work has been delayed due to the government’s re-prioritisation of resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will progress over the next couple of months. The programme of work of the group will include planning improvements to the transition pathway from custody to community for vulnerable offenders. The current transition pathway will be assessed to ensure appropriate support is provided for people with substance misuse, mental health and homelessness problems. It will also explore increasing the number of individuals who continue with substance misuse treatment post release into the community.</p><p>In response to recommendation 4, a ‘deep dive’ has already been conducted into Friday releases, but further development of the findings has been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on government priorities. While the deep dive did not conclude that changes to primary legislation would necessarily bring about improved outcomes or tackle the difficulties offenders face on release, further consideration, with our health and justice partners, is needed to explore what next steps will best improve resettlement outcomes.</p><p>In regard to recommendation 6, face to face services are currently challenging due to restrictions implemented due to COVID-19. However, HMPPS is continuing to work with external partners to ensure that support is provided to those in need of treatment for substance misuse, and will continue to do so once restrictions have been lifted. We work in conjunction with NHSE on substance misuse services for prisoners in custody, and with Public Health England for Local Authority commissioned services in the community.</p><p>Moreover, NHS England are currently rolling out RECONNECT services for those leaving prison to ensure that they engage with community health services to support them to avoid returning to the criminal justice system. This will help to improve the links in the community between healthcare and probation services including the probation service’s Through the Gate service. Current work includes the introduction of RECONNECT Pathfinders to support vulnerable individuals to engage with community based healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 70358 70359 70360 question first answered 15/07/2020 15:05:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1221552

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published in October 2019, when the cross-Government working group set up to take forward Recommendations 1 and 2 of the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019, last met.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	70358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are committed to meeting the health needs of offenders in custody and the community, including those with substance misuse issues, mental health problems and those who are homeless. We welcome the publication of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on Custody-Community Transitions, and we are working closely with health partners to deliver the recommendations accepted by the government.</p><p>A cross-Government working group has been formed in order to address recommendations 1 and 2. This work has been delayed due to the government’s re-prioritisation of resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will progress over the next couple of months. The programme of work of the group will include planning improvements to the transition pathway from custody to community for vulnerable offenders. The current transition pathway will be assessed to ensure appropriate support is provided for people with substance misuse, mental health and homelessness problems. It will also explore increasing the number of individuals who continue with substance misuse treatment post release into the community.</p><p>In response to recommendation 4, a ‘deep dive’ has already been conducted into Friday releases, but further development of the findings has been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on government priorities. While the deep dive did not conclude that changes to primary legislation would necessarily bring about improved outcomes or tackle the difficulties offenders face on release, further consideration, with our health and justice partners, is needed to explore what next steps will best improve resettlement outcomes.</p><p>In regard to recommendation 6, face to face services are currently challenging due to restrictions implemented due to COVID-19. However, HMPPS is continuing to work with external partners to ensure that support is provided to those in need of treatment for substance misuse, and will continue to do so once restrictions have been lifted. We work in conjunction with NHSE on substance misuse services for prisoners in custody, and with Public Health England for Local Authority commissioned services in the community.</p><p>Moreover, NHS England are currently rolling out RECONNECT services for those leaving prison to ensure that they engage with community health services to support them to avoid returning to the criminal justice system. This will help to improve the links in the community between healthcare and probation services including the probation service’s Through the Gate service. Current work includes the introduction of RECONNECT Pathfinders to support vulnerable individuals to engage with community based healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 70357 70359 70360 question first answered 15/07/2020 15:05:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1221553

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published in October 2019, what recent progress has been made on recommendation 4 of the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	70359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are committed to meeting the health needs of offenders in custody and the community, including those with substance misuse issues, mental health problems and those who are homeless. We welcome the publication of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on Custody-Community Transitions, and we are working closely with health partners to deliver the recommendations accepted by the government.</p><p>A cross-Government working group has been formed in order to address recommendations 1 and 2. This work has been delayed due to the government’s re-prioritisation of resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will progress over the next couple of months. The programme of work of the group will include planning improvements to the transition pathway from custody to community for vulnerable offenders. The current transition pathway will be assessed to ensure appropriate support is provided for people with substance misuse, mental health and homelessness problems. It will also explore increasing the number of individuals who continue with substance misuse treatment post release into the community.</p><p>In response to recommendation 4, a ‘deep dive’ has already been conducted into Friday releases, but further development of the findings has been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on government priorities. While the deep dive did not conclude that changes to primary legislation would necessarily bring about improved outcomes or tackle the difficulties offenders face on release, further consideration, with our health and justice partners, is needed to explore what next steps will best improve resettlement outcomes.</p><p>In regard to recommendation 6, face to face services are currently challenging due to restrictions implemented due to COVID-19. However, HMPPS is continuing to work with external partners to ensure that support is provided to those in need of treatment for substance misuse, and will continue to do so once restrictions have been lifted. We work in conjunction with NHSE on substance misuse services for prisoners in custody, and with Public Health England for Local Authority commissioned services in the community.</p><p>Moreover, NHS England are currently rolling out RECONNECT services for those leaving prison to ensure that they engage with community health services to support them to avoid returning to the criminal justice system. This will help to improve the links in the community between healthcare and probation services including the probation service’s Through the Gate service. Current work includes the introduction of RECONNECT Pathfinders to support vulnerable individuals to engage with community based healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 70357 70358 70360 question first answered 15/07/2020 15:05:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1221554

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published in October 2019, what recent progress has been made on recommendation 6 of the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	70360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are committed to meeting the health needs of offenders in custody and the community, including those with substance misuse issues, mental health problems and those who are homeless. We welcome the publication of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on Custody-Community Transitions, and we are working closely with health partners to deliver the recommendations accepted by the government.</p><p>A cross-Government working group has been formed in order to address recommendations 1 and 2. This work has been delayed due to the government’s re-prioritisation of resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will progress over the next couple of months. The programme of work of the group will include planning improvements to the transition pathway from custody to community for vulnerable offenders. The current transition pathway will be assessed to ensure appropriate support is provided for people with substance misuse, mental health and homelessness problems. It will also explore increasing the number of individuals who continue with substance misuse treatment post release into the community.</p><p>In response to recommendation 4, a ‘deep dive’ has already been conducted into Friday releases, but further development of the findings has been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on government priorities. While the deep dive did not conclude that changes to primary legislation would necessarily bring about improved outcomes or tackle the difficulties offenders face on release, further consideration, with our health and justice partners, is needed to explore what next steps will best improve resettlement outcomes.</p><p>In regard to recommendation 6, face to face services are currently challenging due to restrictions implemented due to COVID-19. However, HMPPS is continuing to work with external partners to ensure that support is provided to those in need of treatment for substance misuse, and will continue to do so once restrictions have been lifted. We work in conjunction with NHSE on substance misuse services for prisoners in custody, and with Public Health England for Local Authority commissioned services in the community.</p><p>Moreover, NHS England are currently rolling out RECONNECT services for those leaving prison to ensure that they engage with community health services to support them to avoid returning to the criminal justice system. This will help to improve the links in the community between healthcare and probation services including the probation service’s Through the Gate service. Current work includes the introduction of RECONNECT Pathfinders to support vulnerable individuals to engage with community based healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 70357 70358 70359 question first answered 15/07/2020 15:05:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1110272

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to improve support for prisoners with drug dependency when they are released from prison.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	242102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>We are developing a Community Sentence Treatment Requirement ‘protocol’ to ensure improved access to mental health and substance misuse services for offenders who need them. It focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour.</p><p>Our prisons also seek to reduce reoffending through rehabilitation and overcoming substance misuse problems is a key enabler of this. To support this, on 3<sup>rd</sup> April we published a national Prison Drugs Strategy which includes guidance to restrict supply, reduce demand and build recovery as well as examples of best practice to support prisoners with substance misuse issues.</p><p>Our duty of care and responsibility doesn’t stop when a prisoner leaves prison. We are working with health partners to increase support for offenders leaving prison and are investing an additional £22m per annum over the remaining life of the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) contracts to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through The Gate service to offenders leaving prison. In their Long Term Plan, NHS England have proposed introducing a ‘RECONNECT’ service to improve continuity of care from custody. The Ministry of Justice and HMPPS are working in close partnership with NHS England to implement this plan.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 242100 question first answered 16/04/2019 15:36:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter