Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85614

Mental Health Services: Prisons and Young Offender Institutions

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Board's report entitled Annual report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Downview, published on 3 September 2025, what steps he is taking to

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS England commissions prison health care services for HMP/YOI Downview and every other prison and young offenders institution in England. Every prison has onsite health care services including primary care, mental health, dentistry, and substance misuse...

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