HC Deb 13 April 1989 vol 150 c716W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what agencies are allowed to enter prisons to inspect and monitor the arrangements for child care provision.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Health visitors from the local area health authority regularly visit the three mother and baby units and provide child care advice to inmate mothers. Arrangements for a Department of Health team to inspect the units and report periodically on matters such as child care practice are being considered.