{"value":{"id":65714,"askingMemberId":4036,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-07-03T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-07-08T00:00:00","uin":"204023","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the housing needs of people who have mental health conditions who are (a) released from prison, (b) discharged from secure hospitals to the community and (c) on community sentences; and what steps he is taking to address those needs.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1439,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-07-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>No assessment has been made by the Department of the housing needs of people with mental health conditions who are released from prison, who are discharged from secure hospitals to the community or who are serving community sentences.</p><p> </p><p>Most people discharged from detention in secure hospitals under either section 3 or Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the Act) will have a care plan and satisfy the criteria for free mental health after-care under section 117 of the Act, including accommodation if that is part of their care plan.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Housing: Mental Illness","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/65714","method":"GET"}]}