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772402

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were transferred from prison to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in (1) 2015; (2) 2016; and (3) 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL2095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to a secure hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2015, 2016 and 2017 is set out below:</p><p> </p><p>2015 2016 2017</p><p> </p><p>Total 1,010 980 724</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2017 represent number of transfers from 1 January 2017 to 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The data are published annually on the gov.uk website under the Offender Management Statistics. The latest published data are up to December 2016. The figures for 2017 are taken directly from the Ministry of Justice’s case management system and will be subject to the appropriate checks and validation before eventual publication after December 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were transferred from prison to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 since 2015 who waited for a transfer for more than 14 days, one month, three months, six months and one year are set out in the table below. In order to answer the question, we have taken 1 month to equal 30 days. The time has been measured from the date at which the Ministry of Justice is provided with two medical assessments 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 both medical reports and all other relevant information is received. This target is met in 95% of cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 14 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 1 Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 3 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 6 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 1 year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 (to 30 Sept)</strong></p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not published. The figures have 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> </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><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2096 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:20:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

772403

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who were transferred from prison to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 since 2015 waited for a transfer for more than (1) 14 days; (2) one month; (3) three months; (4) six months; and (5) one year.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL2096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to a secure hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2015, 2016 and 2017 is set out below:</p><p> </p><p>2015 2016 2017</p><p> </p><p>Total 1,010 980 724</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2017 represent number of transfers from 1 January 2017 to 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The data are published annually on the gov.uk website under the Offender Management Statistics. The latest published data are up to December 2016. The figures for 2017 are taken directly from the Ministry of Justice’s case management system and will be subject to the appropriate checks and validation before eventual publication after December 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were transferred from prison to hospital under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 since 2015 who waited for a transfer for more than 14 days, one month, three months, six months and one year are set out in the table below. In order to answer the question, we have taken 1 month to equal 30 days. The time has been measured from the date at which the Ministry of Justice is provided with two medical assessments 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 both medical reports and all other relevant information is received. This target is met in 95% of cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 14 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 1 Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 3 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 6 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>&gt; 1 year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 (to 30 Sept)</strong></p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not published. The figures have 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> </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><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2095 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:20:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

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

757780

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 has taken to promote, identify and treat mental health conditions in the prison population.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The department remains committed to reforming our prisons to make them safe and secure establishments with access to health, including mental health services to support the rehabilitation of offenders in custody.</p><p>Health services, in English prisons are commissioned by NHS England and by Local Health Boards in Wales, informed by evidence of the need in each prison. All prisoners have an initial health screen at reception by clinical staff and may be referred for further treatment, within or outside prisons, where mental health needs are identified.</p><p>Prison staff also have a critical role to play in identifying mental health needs and supporting prisoners. We are rolling out new suicide and self-harm prevention training which includes a module on mental health awareness. This is being delivered to all new prison officers as part of their entry level training (POELT), to existing prison officers, and to non-HMPPS staff who come into contact with prisoners.</p><p>Alongside this, we are investing £100 million towards recruitment of 2,500 new staff, and introducing new offender management arrangements in prisons under which Key Workers will have particular responsibility for a small number of prisoners. These measures will enhance the time and resources available to support prisoners. Dedicated officers will be able to build a relationship with prisoners and be in a better position to recognise and respond to changes in their behaviour or their mental well-being.</p><p>We are continuing to work with our health partners to improve our understanding of the mental health of prisoners. Since April 2017 we have launched co-commissioning, which means governors will now begin to have greater input into decision making about health provision in their prisons, enabling them to identify and work with health commissioners to contribute to the commissioning of quality healthcare services.</p><p /> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2017 13:35:28 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

756750

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have been identified with mental health issues (i) have been subsequently moved to a secure mental health hospital, (ii) are still in the prison where those issues were identified, (iii) have moved prison and (iv) have been moved to a bail hostel in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	8137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total number of prisoners who have been transferred to a secure hospital under sections 47 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last seven years<del class="ministerial">, and the numbers of those prisoners recorded as male or female are</del><ins class="ministerial">is</ins> set out below: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Male</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">881</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">884</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">994</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1084</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1067</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1071</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Female</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">85</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">112</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">107</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">104</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">106</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">104</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1096</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1004</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>996</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1101</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1188</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1173</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1175</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>945</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>953</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>979</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>990</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1,061</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1,010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>980</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by gender; this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins> Data on how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have been identified with mental health issues (ii) are still in the prison where those issues were identified, (iii) have moved prison and (iv) have been moved to a bail hostel in each of the last seven years is not collected centrally. 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. We are putting more funding into prison safety and have embarked on major Prison Safety Programme, in order to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths and incidents of self-harm in our prisons. 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></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 11:03:43 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2017 16:44:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 10302 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

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

731886

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, what proportion of prisoners have been diagnosed with one or more psychiatric conditions in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/06/2017 10:31:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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

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

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