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date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	903499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed by clinical staff when they arrive in prison. If mental health needs are identified, prisoners are referred for treatment or follow up assessment.</p><p>Safety and security are crucial to supporting better mental health in prisons. We committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018, and have recruited 1,255 to date, putting us on track.</p><p>Additional staff will enable us to provide dedicated officers for offenders who will be better placed to recognise and react to changes in behaviour or mental well-being.</p><p>All staff in prisons will receive revised mental health awareness training and, so far, 11,000 have started this training.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 903502 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:23:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce the number of cases in which people are repeatedly compelled to appear in a family court due to action by a former partner.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	903500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Using court processes to further abuse is completely unacceptable. Family courts have the power to act if they see evidence of this.</p><p>The court can strike out any action it views as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims.</p><p>New family court rules were introduced in November to make sure vulnerable court users get the support they need in the courtroom.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/01/2018 17:31:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell