Written Question: IPP Prisoners and the Mental Health Act

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government, of those currently serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence in (1) prison, or (2) the community, how many are (a) eligible for support, and (b) receiving support, under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bellamy, KC): The information is not held centrally.