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date	02/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Secretary of State for Justice has made of the current provision of mental health assessments and treatment in the prison and probation systems.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL1681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>We take mental health provision very seriously and are committed to working closely with health partners to ensure that offenders are assessed at the appropriate time and are able to access the treatment and support required for their mental health needs.</p><p>Health services in English prisons are commissioned by NHS England. In the community, NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups are responsible for commissioning health services, including mental health services, for the general population in their locality, including offenders on probation. NHS England are responsible for making assessments of the current provision of mental health assessments and treatment in the prison systems in England. We are committed to working closely with them to support this responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>Mental Health is devolved to the Welsh Government and NHS Wales. Local Health Boards are commissioned to deliver these services in public sector prisons in Wales, which includes mental health assessments and treatment. There are separate arrangements for the private prison HMP Parc.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/10/2017 10:26:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

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date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) community sentences and (b) suspended prison sentences included a Mental Health Treatment Requirement in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	67348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The table shows the proportion of offenders starting (a) community orders or (b) suspended sentence orders under probation supervision in each year since 2010 where a mental health treatment requirement was attached to the order.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Community order</p></td><td><p>Suspended sentence order</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Percentage</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We need a more systematic, nationally consistent approach that provides quicker and more certain access to mental health treatment for offenders who need it. This will stop offenders getting into a position which leads to a custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The Justice Secretary is working closely with the Health Secretary who is extremely committed to this and NHS England to develop a new mental health protocol. This will ensure timely access to mental health services where the courts impose a mental health treatment requirement as part of a sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The Justice Secretary is also working with the Judiciary and the Health Secretary to make sure courts have better access to psychologists to diagnose and oversee treatment of offenders.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/03/2017 15:36:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

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registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people arrested in (a) England and Wales, (b) London and (c) each London borough were diverted to mental health services after an assessment by liaison and diversion workers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	27917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not collect the data in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England rolled out Liaison and Diversion services commissioned to a national service specification from April 2014. From April 2015 services were provided in police stations, youth offending teams and courts serving 53% of the population of England. These included two services in London: North East London from April 2014; West, North West and Central London from April 2015.</p><p><br> The table shows the information available on mental health referrals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Liaison and Diversion - Adults referred for treatment for identified mental health needs from 1st April 2014 to 31 December 2015:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>London services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referred for mental health treatment</p></td><td><p>9,093</p></td><td><p>2,541</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Including:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Detained under Mental Health Act 1983</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted to mental health hospital</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> NHS England.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol><li>Data refers to cases rather than individuals, the same individual may be counted more than once.</li><li>Data for England is for all areas operating to the national service specification.</li><li>Data for London is for two schemes operating to the national service specification, and does not cover the whole of London.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/02/2016 09:57:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan