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928001

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transfers of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 there have been in each of the last three years; and what the average time was for such transfers to take place in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	155780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last three years is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data are published annually on the gov.uk website under the Offender Management Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The average time for such transfers to take place in each of those years has remained the same: 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>The time has been measured from the date at which the Ministry of Justice is provided with a complete application for a transfer warrant - indicating transfer is appropriate - to the actual date of admission to hospital. The Ministry of Justice has a target of 24 hours within which to provide a transfer warrant, once the assessments are complete and the two required medical reports and all other relevant information is received. This target is met in 95% of cases.</p><p> </p><p>This average time information is not published. The measure has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2018 14:25:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

758986

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners waited more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	9657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of transfers, not the number of individual prisoners who are transferred. An individual prisoner may undergo more than one transfer in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/09/2017 16:12:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

687053

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62839, how many people waited more than 28 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each quarter since quarter one of 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	63730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/02/2017 10:05:06 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

693771

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners waited more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2016-17 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	65324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 28/02/2017 13:30:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

433851

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners with mental health problems; how many and what proportion of such prisoners are (a) men and (b) women; and how many and what proportion of such prisoners identify as LGBT.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	18596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has carried out a survey of prisoners assessing levels of mental health problems within the male and female estate. A link to that report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220060/gender-substance-misuse-mental-health-prisoners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220060/gender-substance-misuse-mental-health-prisoners.pdf</a></p><br /><p>We do not hold data on the proportion of the prison population who suffer from mental health problems and identify as LGBT.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 07/12/2015 17:48:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436785

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how many people diagnosed with a mental health condition receive a custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	19444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect such data centrally.</p><br /><p>Health and wellbeing needs assessments (HNAs) provide information on the estimated prevalence of mental illness in individual prisons. All prisons are required to produce HNAs, and the Department will discuss with NHS England the potential to publish information on prison health at a national level.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/12/2015 14:12:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

903927

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the efficient and timely transfer of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983; and how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for such a transfer in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	143749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is working with partners across the criminal justice system to improve services for offenders with mental ill health and have developed a comprehensive 10 point plan which clearly sets out the work underway to improve the pathway to and from prison to appropriate in-patient mental health care services. This will set out actions to improve the timely transfer and remission of patients, including how this will be implemented and sustained.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last three years is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of transfers, not the number of individual prisoners who are transferred. An individual prisoner may undergo more than one transfer in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/05/2018 10:26:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436825

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2015 to Question 18596, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the proportion of the prison population who have mental health problems and identify as LGBT.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	19358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Health and wellbeing needs assessments provide information on the mental illness incidence in individual prisons. There is no current requirement for NHS England to record sexual orientation details in patient records, so no data on the proportion of prisoners with both mental health problems and who identify as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) is known.</p><br /><p>The Health and Social Care’s Information Centre’s Standardisation Committee for Care Information is currently considering a proposal for a mandatory requirement to record a patient’s sexual orientation in all NHS services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/12/2015 17:06:33 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

749462

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners waited more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	3342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Figures from NHS England state that in the financial year 2016/17 there were 711 reported transfers where the waiting time was longer than 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that an individual prisoner may have undergone more than one transfer during the time period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/07/2017 13:53:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

683385

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each month since April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	62839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Departmental guidance was published in 2011 on best practice to achieve urgent transfers within 14 days. NHS England continues to work with prison healthcare and secure mental health providers to improve processes so that this can be achieved.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England collects data at a national level from Health and Justice Indicators of Performance on prisoner 14 day transfers to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=45018" target="_blank">45018</a> on 8 September 2016 for NHS England’s data for the financial years (FY) 2015/16 and the first quarter of 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data for the second quarter 2016/17 is presented in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>= less than 14 days</p></td><td><p>more than 14 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter2 FY 2016-17</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/02/2017 17:51:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger