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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of rehabilitation staffing for enabling the return of injured service personnel to duty in the event of a large scale conflict in Europe within a) his Department, b) the armed forces and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of rehabilitation staffing for enabling the return of injured service personnel to duty in the event of a large scale conflict in Europe within a) his Department, b) the armed forces and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether plans are in place to ask the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop guidelines and quality standards for vision rehabilitation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether plans are in place to ask the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop guidelines and quality standards for vision rehabilitation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements for prisoners in custody serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements for prisoners in custody serving standard determinate sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences.
Rehabilitative interventions are determined for each offender based on their specific needs and offending profile as part of sentence planning. There is no dedicated guidance on minimum rehabilitation requirements specifically for the offence types listed.
In custody, a range of interventions are delivered to support rehabilitation, including Accredited Programmes which are designed to target the underlying factors that can lead to offending by building skills and methods that can help improve decision making, problem solving, and self-management and regulation of emotions. Accredited Programmes are targeted at individuals assessed as presenting a medium or higher risk of reoffending with the targeted risks, as evidence indicates they are most effective for this group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of specialist rehabilitation services and supported housing provision for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of specialist rehabilitation services and supported housing provision for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
The Department recognises the importance of timely access to high-quality specialist mental health rehabilitation services and appropriate supported housing for people with complex psychosis, including those with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
We have committed to developing a Modern Service Framework for Severe Mental Illness, which will define an aspirational, long-term outcome goal for high quality and equitable care for people with severe mental illness designed to galvanise the whole system. This overarching goal will be underpinned by a set of specific quality commitments that support progress.
Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning National Health Services that meet the needs of their local populations, working with NHS providers, local authorities, housing partners, and the voluntary sector to support people to live well in the community wherever possible.
NHS England’s guidance for adult mental health rehabilitation inpatient services states that rehabilitation services should be planned as part of a whole pathway and should meet identified local population need. It also makes clear that people who require inpatient rehabilitation care should be able to access that care locally, when needed, in a way that is flexible and responsive to their needs. The guidance also emphasises that services should promote independence, quality of life and social inclusion, and support people to return to live in the community.
This guidance further supports integrated care boards and local partners to develop place-based, multidisciplinary community rehabilitation provision, aligned with primary care networks and wider community mental health transformation. This includes supporting people with severe mental illness and complex needs to receive personalised, trauma-informed care as close to home as possible, with access to the right clinical, social, housing, and employment support.
NHS England's guidance for adult mental health rehabilitation inpatient services states that integrated care boards should understand the needs of people using mental health rehabilitation services, including those in hospital, in out of area placements, or awaiting appropriate supported accommodation. This understanding should inform local planning of inpatient rehabilitation capacity, community rehabilitation teams, supported housing pathways, and discharge arrangements.
Through the Government's new £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme, 2026/27 to 2035/36, we will deliver new supply of supported housing across a diverse range of cohorts, including adults with mental ill-health, and housing types. This will support more people to build and sustain their independence and reduce care and incidences of long-term hospital admissions or people remaining in institutional settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to support the rehabilitation of offenders with drug or alcohol dependencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to support the rehabilitation of offenders with drug or alcohol dependencies.
Sustained engagement in treatment and recovery is essential to tackling the underlying causes of offending. We work closely with health partners to refer offenders into treatment as early as possible and support ongoing engagement.
We are committed to diverting offenders with drug or alcohol needs away from custody and into community-based support where appropriate. This includes strengthening the use of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs) as part of community sentences which aim to tackle the causes of offending behaviour through structured treatment. Health and Justice Partnership Coordinators have been recruited across all probation regions in England and Wales to strengthen links between treatment providers and probation. We are also expanding the Intensive Supervision Courts from four to eleven. This problem-solving approach offers wrap around support, treatment and judicial oversight, enabling offenders to remain in the community while tackling the root causes of their offending, such as drug or alcohol misuse.
For those where a prison sentence is appropriate, we need to make prison a place that reforms offenders and provides opportunities for recovery. We have funded Incentivised Substance Free Living Units in 88 prisons where prisoners agree to be regularly drug tested and can access enhanced opportunities and have funded Drug Strategy Leads to ensure local drug strategies are effectively implemented. We are also increasing access to mutual aid groups across the estate, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
We recognise that the first few weeks after leaving prison are a high-risk for relapse, overdose and reoffending. To support prison leavers to continue their recovery journey in the community, we are strengthening links between prisons, probation, and treatment providers, improving information sharing between treatment providers and probation and enabling virtual pre-release appointments with community treatment via secure laptops.
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of partnership working between prisons and local housing authorities in preventing homelessness and rough sleeping among prisoners released early.
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of partnership working between prisons and local housing authorities in preventing homelessness and rough sleeping among prisoners released early.
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who are here today to debate an issue that could get lost amidst the penal populism informing much of the response to the next waves of early release following the Sentencing Act 2026.
Why do I refer to penal populism? Crime must be punished,...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who are here today to debate an issue that could get lost amidst the penal populism informing much of the response to the next waves of early release following the Sentencing Act 2026.
Why do I refer to penal populism? Crime must be punished,...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this important debate. For 1,000 prison leavers every single month, their first day of freedom is the first day of a new sentence: rough sleeping on our streets. The cyclical link between homelessness and the justice system is not...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this important debate. For 1,000 prison leavers every single month, their first day of freedom is the first day of a new sentence: rough sleeping on our streets. The cyclical link between homelessness and the justice system is not...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on securing this debate on a subject which I know is dear to his heart. It is also important to me. Both of us spoke to amendments in debates on the Social Housing Bill around the difficulties of housing ex-offenders. Much...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on securing this debate on a subject which I know is dear to his heart. It is also important to me. Both of us spoke to amendments in debates on the Social Housing Bill around the difficulties of housing ex-offenders. Much...
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this important debate, not least because it brings together two of my long-term concerns—homelessness and the rehabilitation of offenders. I declare my interests as the chair of the Church Housing Association and as a trustee of the Clink...
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this important debate, not least because it brings together two of my long-term concerns—homelessness and the rehabilitation of offenders. I declare my interests as the chair of the Church Housing Association and as a trustee of the Clink...
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for tabling this debate and for his compassionate and evidence-based work over many years in this space to make our country safer and to improve the lives of all those impacted by the criminal justice system. The topic of this...
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for tabling this debate and for his compassionate and evidence-based work over many years in this space to make our country safer and to improve the lives of all those impacted by the criminal justice system. The topic of this...
My Lords, I pay tribute to the many people who have spoken in the debate, with their direct and personal knowledge and commitment to this intractable issue: a subject that so often people do not want to know about. Above all, I pay tribute to the noble Lord for his...
My Lords, I pay tribute to the many people who have spoken in the debate, with their direct and personal knowledge and commitment to this intractable issue: a subject that so often people do not want to know about. Above all, I pay tribute to the noble Lord for his...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for bringing this topic to our attention today, and I pay tribute to him for his tireless work in this area of concern. It is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley.
The north-east, where I live, offers...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for bringing this topic to our attention today, and I pay tribute to him for his tireless work in this area of concern. It is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley.
The north-east, where I live, offers...
My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this debate on a very serious issue that involves a very real tragedy. We have heard that every month about 1,000 prisoners are released from prison directly into homelessness. The Question from the noble Lord, Lord...
My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this debate on a very serious issue that involves a very real tragedy. We have heard that every month about 1,000 prisoners are released from prison directly into homelessness. The Question from the noble Lord, Lord...
My Lords, like all other noble Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Farmer for securing this important debate. I thank him for continuing to draw attention to the vital link between successful rehabilitation and stable accommodation.
This issue sits at the intersection of housing and criminal justice....
My Lords, like all other noble Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Farmer for securing this important debate. I thank him for continuing to draw attention to the vital link between successful rehabilitation and stable accommodation.
This issue sits at the intersection of housing and criminal justice....
My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for his Question, and for the opportunity to discuss these critical issues that are close to his and all our hearts. The noble Lord has long argued that, if people are to leave crime behind, we must make sure...
My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for his Question, and for the opportunity to discuss these critical issues that are close to his and all our hearts. The noble Lord has long argued that, if people are to leave crime behind, we must make sure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes in reducing reoffending rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes in reducing reoffending rates.
Our approach is guided by evidence on what works to reduce reoffending, and we work with partners across government to support offenders in custody and the community to build skills, secure a job and stable housing, access treatment for drug and alcohol use, and develop the personal skills and behaviours that help individuals turn away from crime.
Evidence has shown that community orders and suspended sentences can be more effective at reducing reoffending than short custodial sentences. The evidence published in both 2015 and 2019, which matched groups of offenders, found that short sentences were associated with higher reoffending compared to court orders by approximately 4 percentage points. This is why, in the Sentencing Act 20206, we have introduced a presumption for courts to suspend short custodial sentences of 12-months or less unless an exemption applies or in exceptional circumstances.
In 2025, the Ministry of Justice published the Reducing Reoffending Synthesis of Evidence on Effectiveness of Interventions, providing an overview of the evidence on what works to reduce reoffending. This includes evidence on key interventions including on accommodation, substance misuse, education and employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of his Department's report entitled Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of his Department's report entitled Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment.
I refer the Honourable member to the answer I gave on 1 June 2026 to Question 2708: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/2708/.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish national commercial agreements for pharmaceuticals used in Public Health Grant-funded substance misuse services; and whether any barriers prevent the extension of NHS Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain framework access to drug and alcohol treatment services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish national commercial agreements for pharmaceuticals used in Public Health Grant-funded substance misuse services; and whether any barriers prevent the extension of NHS Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain framework access to drug and alcohol treatment services.
Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services according to local need, including the provision of pharmaceuticals such as methadone and long-acting injectable buprenorphine.
From 2026/27, funding for drug and alcohol treatment and recovery is provided through the Department’s ringfenced Public Health Grant. The Department encourages local authorities to prioritise appropriate investment in evidence-based interventions and treatments.
National Health Service commercial arrangements for pharmaceuticals are primarily established to support the procurement of medicines for NHS-funded services. The Department has no current plans to establish separate national commercial agreements specifically for pharmaceuticals used in Public Health Grant-funded substance misuse services. We continue to work with NHS England and local authority partners to consider opportunities to improve access to effective treatments and secure value for money.
The Department supports interventions to expand the provision of long-acting injectable buprenorphine. We are currently undertaking further analysis to understand cost-effectiveness, developing clinical guidance, and considering options to expand access further.