Question follow-through · 54701
Prisoners: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the merits of a national older offender strategy to address the health needs of the ageing prison population.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the merits of a national older offender strategy to address the health needs of the ageing prison population.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Independent Sentencing Review considered issues relating to older cohorts including older prisoners as part of its remit. We have accepted in principle the vast majority of the Independent Sentencing Review’s recommendations and we will work with part...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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