Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments
Lords · Question HL10408 · 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 progress they have made regarding their pilot for the voluntary chemical castration of sex offenders, and whether they will provide a timeline for its implementation.
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...