Question follow-through · 28498
Mental Illness: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press article entitled Mind the gap: supporting prison leavers with mental illness from the University of Manchester, published on 27 March 2024, what steps he is taking to en
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press article entitled Mind the gap: supporting prison leavers with mental illness from the University of Manchester, published on 27 March 2024, what steps he is taking to en
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2025
Answer published
The National Health Service’s RECONNECT care after custody service supports prison leavers with an identified health need, including severe mental illness, to transition to community-based services, and starts working with them before they leave prison. N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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