Question follow-through · 29261
Health Services: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to meet the health needs of elderly prisoners.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to meet the health needs of elderly prisoners.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
NHS England has the responsibility to provide a full range of healthcare services to meet the needs of the prison population. Every prison will have a health needs assessment undertaken on a regular basis which is then used to locally determine the health...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of parking costs on NHS staff in Devon.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals use private parking companies.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking payments from visitors.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking payments from staff.
Hospitals: Parking Offences
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by the NHS from parking fines.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on private parking companies.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of annual income received by parking companies from the NHS.
General Practitioners: Finance
12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when GP practices will be informed about the funding settlement details for the next financial year.
Health Services and Social Services: Devon
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of changes to the level of operating costs for (a) end-of-life nursing, (b) mental health support services, (c) home care, (d) assisted living facilities and (e) other
Health Services: Costs
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) inflation, (b) changes to National Insurance contributions and (c) local authority fee uplifts on healthcare providers.