Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments
Lords · Question HL10406 · 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 possible risk factors they have identified in the implementation of chemical castration for sex offenders, and what plans they have to mitigate against these risks when implementing the policy.
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...