Recommendation 12

We asked MoJ and HMPPS about how successful outcomes for prisoners with substance misuse needs are measured. HMPPS told us there is range of things that could 18 Committee of Public Accounts, Mental health in prisons, Eighth Report of Session 2017–19, HC 400, 13 December 2017 19 C&AG’s Report, para 22 20 Q63; C&AG’s Report, para 2.12 21 C&AG’s Report, para 2.12 22 Q63 23 C&AG’s Report, para 1.24 24 Qq 64–67; C&AG’s Report, para 3.7 25 Qq 69–70 26 C&AG’s Report, para 3.13 Resettlement support for prison leavers 11 be measured and that HMPPS and clinicians would “all measure slightly different things”. For example, while MoJ told us that DHSC evaluates different types of intervention and what is successful in helping people to stop substance misuse, HMPPS told us its primary interest is potential harm to the public and whether a prison leaver reoffends.27 Staffing pressures