Mental Illness and Neurodiversity: Prisoners

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prisoners had (a) an identified mental illness and (b) a diagnosed neurodivergence in each of the last 10 years.

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1. 25 March 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prisoners had (a) an identified mental illness and (b) a diagnosed neurodivergence in each of the last 10 years.

   Source: Commons

2. 15 April 2024

   Answer

   NHS England is only able to produce data for the last 12 months, as we have improved our reporting mechanisms to include neurodivergent conditions. Prior to this improvement, information is not available.As of 29 February 2024, there were 6,152 prisoners,...

   Source: Written answer

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