Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
Commons · Question 125317 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support prisoners with long term dependency on drugs or alcohol with the management of withdrawal of drugs and alcohol.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 21 Apr 2026
NHS England commissions prison health care services into every prison in England to the equivalence of the community. Access to drug or alcohol withdrawal support is available in all prisons at any stage of a person’s sentence, beginning at the point of e...