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date	20/04/2016
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 steps his Department is taking to support prisoners with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	904680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>Providing appropriate treatment at the right time is vital to improve outcomes for people with mental health problems. All new prisoners accepted by a prison are assessed on reception by a health care professional on arrival at the prison. Where appropriate, prisoners may be referred to a range of individual or group mental health interventions. In the most serious cases, prisoners may be transferred to secure hospital on the recommendation of two psychiatrists</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/04/2016 15:22:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

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date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason contempt of court laws do not apply in the family court.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	9404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The law relating to contempt of court applies generally to all courts and this includes the family court. The legislation establishing the family court provides that the family court may make any order (including orders punishing for contempt of court) that could be made by the High Court or the county court if the proceedings were in those respective courts; and the powers of judges in the family court to punish for contempt are proportionate to their level of seniority.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 13:42:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias