Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners with mental health problems; how many and what proportion of such prisoners are (a) men and (b) women; and how many and what proportion of such prisoners identify as LGBT.

The Government has carried out a survey of prisoners assessing levels of mental health problems within the male and female estate. A link to that report can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220060/gender-substance-misuse-mental-health-prisoners.pdf

We do not hold data on the proportion of the prison population who suffer from mental health problems and identify as LGBT.