§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison inmates have been treated in national health service hospitals in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe table shows the number of referrals to national health service hospitals for 649W out-patient treatment and for in-patient observation or treatment in each of the three financial years up to 1990–91. Corresponding information for 1991–92 is not yet available. Information about the number of prisoners treated is not held centrally.
Referrals 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Out-patient 18,494 18,740 18,402 In-patient 1,964 1,988 1,887