Written questions

Youth Custody: Diseases

Commons · Question 17442 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to prisons on supporting children in custody in different pandemic scenarios.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 10 Dec 2024

The Youth Custody Service (part of HMPPS) works with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the Department for Education, and NHS England’s Health & Justice Children's Team to ensure a co-ordinated strategy for managing the health and wellbeing of chi...