Health Services: Police Custody
(asked on 24th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England paid to (a) Mountain Healthcare Ltd and (b) G4S Health UK Ltd for the provision of healthcare in police custody and secure environments between (i) October 2020 to September 2021 and (ii) October 2021 to September 2022.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
NHS England does not have responsibility for healthcare provision within police custody, as this sits with police commissioners and the Home Office.
Regarding payments to Mountain Healthcare Ltd and G4S Health UK Ltd for provision within the detained estate, NHS England has advised that figures are not available of the timeframes requested, as its financial accounting and reporting year runs from April to March. It can confirm that G4S Health UK received £4.05 million between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, and £2.495 million between 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 for health care in the detained estate. No payments were made to Mountain Healthcare during these periods.