HC Deb 23 October 1986 vol 102 cc963-4W
Mr. Bermingham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outbreaks of food poisoning there were in British prisons in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.

Mr. Mellor

There have been no serious outbreaks of food poisoning in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in the last six years.

Penal establishments in Scotland are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.