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Mental Health Services: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of mental health needs among young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Mar 2026
Target answer date
17 Mar 2026
Answer
30 Mar 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of mental health needs among young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time in the West Midlands.

  2. 17 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Within West Midlands police custody and court settings, Liaison and Diversion Teams, with consent, will assess a young person to identify their needs and vulnerabilities, and will provide information to the police and court to help inform criminal justice...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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