Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 7 December 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners with mental health problems; how many and what proportion of such prisoners are (a) men and (b) women; and how many and what proportion of such prisoners identify as LGBT.
The Government has carried out a survey of prisoners assessing levels of mental health problems within the male and female estate. A link to that report can be found here:
We do not hold data on the proportion of the prison population who suffer from mental health problems and identify as LGBT.
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