Question follow-through · 116642
Prisons: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prisoners with severe mental health needs in Category C prisons receive timely access to appropriate care.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 31 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
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prisoners with severe mental health needs in Category C prisons receive timely access to appropriate care.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
NHS England commissions comprehensive healthcare services across all prisons in England, ensuring mental health provision is delivered to the principle of equivalence with community services. The National Service Specification for Integrated Mental Health...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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