On Saturday, UK Justice Secretary David Lammy said the government is not phasing out chemical castration and that the measure is being rolled out across more prisons. The announcements come amid concerns that the programme could be discontinued or scaled back. The reporting frames the policy as intended to manage offenders considered high risk, describing chemical castration as an additional punitive and control measure within custody. The sources do not provide detailed implementation figures or timelines, but they indicate continued administrative expansion to more institutions. Lammy’s comments are presented as a direct response to speculation about whether the programme had been dropped, emphasizing continuity of the policy rather than an end to its use. The coverage reflects an ongoing public and political debate over the appropriateness of the measure, but the common point across the articles is that the government says it remains in effect and is extending to further prisons.