Written questions

Offenders and Prisoners: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 105870 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment is made of level of need for unmet trauma interventions for offenders (a) in prison and (b) on probation; and how these needs are being met.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 27 Jan 2026

No assessment has been made of the level of need for unmet trauma interventions for offenders in prison and on probation, or how these needs are being met.NHS England commissions healthcare services in every prison in England to a level equivalent to comm...