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Written Question
High Security Hospitals
Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many secure hospital beds are available for (1) male, and (2) female, prisoners in each region of England and Wales.

Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy

Information on average waiting times over the last 12 months for transfer of prisoners who have been assessed as requiring transfer to a secure hospital is not held in the format requested.

Information on the number of secure beds is not held in the format requested. Secure hospital beds are not specifically allocated to either prisoners or people in the community, but are allocated according to clinical need for all people who need them.

Written Question
High Security Hospitals
Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time over the last 12 months for transfer for (1) male, and (2) female, prisoners who have been assessed as requiring transfer to a secure hospital.

Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy

Information on average waiting times over the last 12 months for transfer of prisoners who have been assessed as requiring transfer to a secure hospital is not held in the format requested.

Information on the number of secure beds is not held in the format requested. Secure hospital beds are not specifically allocated to either prisoners or people in the community, but are allocated according to clinical need for all people who need them.