Prisoners
(asked on 8th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been diagnosed with a (a) mental health problem and (b) substance or alcohol addiction in the latest period for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 13th December 2016
Data on prisoners receiving treatment for mental health problems, substance misuse and alcohol addiction is collected by NHS England through its Health and Justice Indicators of Performance and by Public Health England via the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
Information from these data sets will be published in 2017.