Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce screening for brain injury as part of the admission procedure for all adult and juvenile prisoners in England and Wales.

There are no current plans to introduce specific screening for brain injury within the secure estate for adults. If as part of the general health screen, an adult presents with what is suspected to be a brain injury, a specialist neurological referral would be made.

All children and young people (under 18) within the Secure Estate for Children and Young People are screened for brain injury through part 5 of the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool.