Question follow-through · 54702
Prisoners: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) palliative, (b) end of life care and (c) other medical needs of older prisoners.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) palliative, (b) end of life care and (c) other medical needs of older prisoners.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
As a signatory to the National Partnership Agreement for Health and Social Care for people in contact with the criminal justice system, the Department is committed to working with the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, NHS England, and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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