Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support for drugs rehabilitation provided to prisoners on their release from prison.

Public Health England monitors the number of adults with substance misuse treatment needs who engage with community treatment after release from prison. In 2016-17, 30.3% of adults leaving prison went on to engage with community treatment within three weeks of their release. Further information is available at:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/data#page/0/gid/1000042/pat/6/par/E12000007/ati/102/are/E09000009

Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for drug treatment and commissioning services to meet these needs, including support for people leaving prison.