§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners from local and remand prisons in England and Wales have been treated at outside hospitals as a result of attacks on them in prison; and how many prisoners have been treated by medical services within prisons as a result of attacks in 1992.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
237WLetter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Peter Luff, dated November 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your Question asking how many prisoners in local prisons and remand centres received medical treatment as a result of attacks on them in 1992.I regret that this information is not statistically recorded.