Prisoners: Health

(asked on 23rd May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners with long-term health conditions in the latest period for which figures are available.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 5th June 2019

The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the number of prisoners with long-term health conditions. NHS England commission health services in prison and include questions on long-term health conditions in the reception and secondary health screen which all prisoners receive.

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