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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-04-23more like thismore than 2018-04-23
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of sex offenders who would benefit from medication to manage their sex drives; and what assessment they have made of the likely contribution to public safety of introducing a voluntary national programme to prescribe and manage such medication. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Farmer more like this
uin HL7153 remove filter
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-05-15more like thismore than 2018-05-15
answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Services keeps Medication to Manage Sexual Arousal (MMSA) under review as part of its commitment to evidence-based approaches to reducing reoffending and protecting the public. This is a relatively new service whose effectiveness, both in outcome and cost, is still under review. We have not researched prevalence rates of the number of offenders who might benefit, but clinical opinion suggests it is approximately 5% of known sex offenders. There are currently no plans to expand services.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
grouped question UIN HL7152 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-05-15T16:42:54.247Zmore like thismore than 2018-05-15T16:42:54.247Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
4321
label Biography information for Lord Farmer remove filter