Question follow-through · 17113

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody receive an assessment for previously acquired brain injury within seven days.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
4 Dec 2024
Answer
12 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 14-17, (b) 18-25 and (c) 26 and over who enter prison custody receive an assessment for previously acquired brain injury within seven days.

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested is not held centrally. When children and young people between the ages of 14 and 17 years old enter the secure estate, they receive the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) reception assessment within two hours. This is an...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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