Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health in Prisons inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Sep 2017 Closed: 27 Sep 2017 1 report

Despite setting ambitious objectives for providing mental health services to prisoners, the Government does not know how many people in prisons have a mental illness, or how much it is spending on treating them, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report . The NAO estimates that c.£400 million was spent in 2016–17 on prisoners’ …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
8th Report - Mental health in prisons HC 400 13 Dec 2017 0

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
23 Oct 2017 Session View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
16 May 2018 Correspondence with HM Prison and Probation Service, dated 3 May