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786394

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) research and (b) data on incidents of mental health issues in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	112090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health meets with many people and organisations to discuss a wide variety of topics. Specific details of these conversations are not available.</p><p> </p><p>It is recognised there is a need to improve both research activity and the quality of data on mental health needs of people in prison. Recent reports from both the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and the National Audit Office have highlighted these issues. The last comprehensive survey of mental health needs in prisons was commissioned by the Department in 1997.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS England and Public Health England are working with the National Institute for Health Research to address this deficit, identifying key research priorities. Recently, NHS England has commissioned research on self-inflicted deaths in prisons as this is a priority issue due to high levels of self-harm and suicide recorded in prisons currently.</p><p> </p><p>Further work is currently underway by the Department, Public Health England, NHS England, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice to improve the quality of health data from prisons with a specific focus on mental health data.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s new clinical IT system will facilitate improvements in data quality and reporting on all aspects of healthcare in prisons, including mental health. To support this, NHS England is implementing clinical templates across the secure estate including mental health templates, as well as reviewing the current data set. A new and revised quality indicator set will be reported on from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 112089 question first answered 16/11/2017 13:29:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

786395

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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 may prisoners were diagnosed with a mental health condition in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	112086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 13:46:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

782850

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 plans he has for training prison officers to receive improved training on mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	111021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that prison officers receive the appropriate training to support prisoners with mental health needs. The Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course, delivered to new Prison Officers, includes modules on mental health and personality disorders which emphasise the importance of mental health awareness.</p><p> </p><p>The revised “Introduction to Suicide and Self-Harm (SASH) Prevention” training includes a refreshed mental health awareness module. This training is being delivered to all new and existing Prison Officers and non-HMPPS staff who come into contact with prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>A Suicide Prevention Learning Tool has also been developed in partnership with Samaritans to support our suicide prevention and self-harm work. This tool communicates important messages to identify and support prisoners at risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/11/2017 14:48:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

778267

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners wait longer than the 14 day target for transfer to a secure hospital.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	110003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>About 24% of prisoners transferred from prison to hospital since 2016, under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983, waited longer than 14 days from the date the Ministry of Justice received two medical assessments indicating transfer was 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><p>These figures have been derived from an administrative IT system which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. This figure may not agree with similar figures provided through NHS England since NHS England calculates waiting times from different transfer pathway stages. MoJ are working closely with NHS England to improve our joint understanding of measurement of waiting times.</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 Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/11/2017 21:35:46 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

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