§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners with mental health problems there were awaiting transfer to secure hospitals in each prison in each year since 1997. [87416]
§ Jacqui SmithThe table shows data from prisons on numbers of prisoners who were waiting for mental health transfer in each prison on the last day of each calendar year since 2000. Earlier figures collected are either incomplete or cannot be verified, and so are not included here.
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As at December Prison 2001 2000 Acklington 1 0 Albany 2 4 Altcourse 3 0 Ashreld 0 1— Ashwell 0 0 Askham Grange 0 0 Aylesbury 0 0 Bedford 1 2 Belmarsh 17 6 Birmingham 4 1 Blakenhurst 1 0 Blantyre House 0 0 Blundeston 0 0 Brinsford 2 2 Bristol 2 1 Brixton 4 7 Brockhill 1 0 Buckley Hall 0 0 Bullingdon 0 1 Bullwood Hall 0 0 Camp Hill 0 1 Canterbury 3 0 Cardiff 1 2 Castington 0 0 Channings Wood 0 0 Chelmsford 1 2 Coldingley 0 0 Cookham Wood 0 0 Dartmoor 0 2 Deerbolt 0 0 Doncaster 3 3 207W
As at December Prison 2001 2000 Dorchester 0 0 Dover 0 0 Dovegate 0 1— Downview 0 0 Drake Hall 0 0 Durham 1 2 East Sutton Park 0 0 Eastwood Park 2 1 Elmley 1 0 Erlestoke 0 0 Everthorpe 0 0 Exeter 0 15 Featherstone 1 0 Feltham 2 5 Ford 0 0 Forest Bank 0 0 Foston Hall 0 0 Frankland 1 0 Full Sutton 0 0 Garth 0 0 Gartree 4 3 Glen Parva 0 0 Gloucester 0 0 Grendon/Spring Hill 0 0 Guys Marsh 1 0 Haslar 0 0 Hatfield 0 0 Haverigg 0 0 Hewell Grange 0 0 Highdown 2 3 Highpoint 0 0 Highpoint North 1 0 Hindley 0 0 Hollesley Bay 0 0 Holloway 1 0 Holme House 0 0 Hull 0 0 Huntercombe 0 0 Kingston 1 1 Kirkham 0 0 Kirklevington 0 0 Lancaster 0 0 Lancaster Farms 0 0 Latchmere House 0 0 Leeds 2 1 Leicester 0 1 Lewes 2 1 Leyhill 0 0 Lincoln 2 1 Lindholme 0 0 Littlehey 0 0 Liverpool 3 0 Long Lartin 2 3 Low Newton 0 1 Lowdham Grange 0 0 Maidstone 1 2 Manchester 2 2 Moorland 0 0 Morton Hall 0 0 Mount, The 0 0 New Hall 4 0 North Sea Camp 0 0 Northallerton 1 0 Norwich 3 2 Nottingham 1 1 Onley 1 0 Parc 2 2 Parkhurst 0 1 Pentonville 2 10 Portland 0 0 Preston 0 0 Ranby 0 0
As at December Prison 2001 2000 Reading 0 1 Risley 1 0 Rochester 3 1 Rye Hill 0 0 Send 0 0 Shepton Mallet 0 0 Shrewsbury 0 0 Stafford 0 0 Standford Hill 0 0 Stocken 0 0 Stoke Heath 1 0 Styal 3 3 Sudbury 0 0 Swaleside 3 0 Swansea 1 0 Swinfen Hall 0 0 Thorn Cross 0 0 Usk/Prescoed 0 0 Verne, The 0 0 Wakefield 0 13 Wandsworth 3 4 Wayland 0 0 Wealstun 0 0 Weare 0 0 Wellingborough 0 0 Werrington 0 0 Wetherby 2 0 Whatton 0 0 Whitemoor 1 1 Winchester 2 5 Woodhill 10 0 Wormwood Scrubs 3 3 Wolds 0 0 Wymott 0 0 1Indicates data not available—new prison
§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of health professionals working in prisons have received training in mental health issues. [87438]
§ Jacqui SmithMental health services are provided in prisons by both National Health Service providers—mental health in-reach and secondary care—and by healthcare staff employed by prisons. In addition, many prisons employ health professionals with mental health speciality on a contractual or sessional basis to support the work of permanent staff or to provide secondary care advice.
Of those prison staff providing healthcare in prisons approximately one third of nurses, and 7 per cent. of doctors have formal psychiatric qualifications.
Within the prison service much training in mental health awareness is being developed and delivered to a range of staff, including training for non-healthcare staff who work with prisoners.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the Director General of the Prison Service to discuss mental health provision in the UK Prison Service. [87576]
§ Jacqui SmithIn my capacity as Minister responsible for Prison Health matters, I last met with the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Martin Narey, on 11 September 2001. We discussed a number of issues,208W including mental health provision for prisoners. Nigel Crisp, chief executive of the National Health Service and permanent secretary of the Department of Health last met with Mr. Narey on 18 September 2002. Again, a variety of issues, including mental health, were discussed.