Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101259

Mental Health Services: Criminal Proceedings

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to mental health services for people in the criminal justice system in the current financial year and the previous five financial years; and how that fundi

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The information requested is not held centrally. NHS England commissions healthcare services in every prison in England, and funding for mental health services for individuals within the criminal justice system is embedded within wider service contracts. ...

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