Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in prison have a diagnosed mental health condition.

This information is not collected in the format requested. However, in 2020/21, data shows that an average of 66,442 people residing in prison had a serious mental illness recorded or 7.44% of the prison population. This does not include those who have accessed primary care mental health services and are treated through normal primary care provision for lower level presentations.