Question follow-through · 87188
Reoffenders: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of repeat offenders have access to specialist (a) mental health and (b) substance misuse treatment while in custody.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 11 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
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of repeat offenders have access to specialist (a) mental health and (b) substance misuse treatment while in custody.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
People in prison are entitled to the same standard and range of health and social care services as they would receive in the community. All prisoners, regardless of whether or not they are repeat offenders, should have access to integrated mental health s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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