Prisoners: Mental Illness

(asked on 6th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been diagnosed with mental health problems after their incarceration in the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle mental health problems during the prisoner rehabilitation process.


This question was answered on 16th January 2017

Information on the number of prisoners diagnosed with mental health problems after their incarceration in the last three years is not held centrally.

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