Question follow-through · 103563
Administration of Justice: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between NHS mental health services and criminal justice agencies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 7 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
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between NHS mental health services and criminal justice agencies.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
Together with NHS England, we are committed to continuing to work in partnership to improve services to ensure that people in contact with the criminal justice system have access to timely and effective mental health care that is tailored to their needs. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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