Written questions

Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments

Lords · Question HL10404 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 23 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Keen of Elie

To ask His Majesty's Government what preparations they have made to make chemical castration mandatory for certain serious sexual offenders, and by what date will the policy be introduced.

Answer

Answered by Lord Timpson, 23 Sep 2025

As part of the Government’s efforts to crackdown on sex crimes, the Government has committed to extending Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) to twenty prisons, ramped up from the current four in the South West.MMPSA is a pharmaceutica...