Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prepare a strategy for prisoners with dementia; and if so, when it will be published.

There are currently no plans to develop a specific strategy for prisoners with dementia.

The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the Government’s ambition to follow up timely diagnosis with greater access to support for people with dementia, increase public awareness and create more dementia friendly public and private organisations and communities across all settings.

Health services in prisons are commissioned by NHS England and implementing specialist dementia services across appropriate prison settings is one of its commissioning intentions for 2017-18.