§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon of 15 July 2002,Official Report, column 125W, on mental health, what information is held on the mental health of inmates in British prisons; and if he will make it available. [72422]
§ Jacqui SmithInformation on the mental health of prisoners in England and Wales is contained in the report of a survey of psychiatric morbidity among prisoners carried out by the Office for National Statistics in 1997, a copy of which is available in the Library. Information on the mental health of prisoners in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.