§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hospital visits have been allowed to prisoners from(a) Durham, (b) Frankland and (c) Low Newton Prisons, in each year since 1979.
§ 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.
Letter front A. J. Butler to Mr. Jerry Steinberg, dated 30 March 1994:
844WI have been asked to reply to your Question seeking information about hospital visits by prisoners from Durham, Frankland and Low Newton since 1979.Central statistical information about health care services is available only from 1985. The available information is as follows:
Durham Durham Frankland Low Newton Low Newton Year Male Female Male Female 11985 252 22 114 98 18 21985 40 5 12 5 5 11986 312 19 98 109 26 21986 45 8 19 5 5 11987 365 29 54 95 28 21987 55 5 17 5 4 11988 382 20 61 72 23 21988 42 1 15 3 5 11989 388 18 86 3— 3— 21989 37 2 16 3— 3— 11990 383 3— 124 68 33 11990 51 3— 16 6 4 11991 423 20 144 109 30 21991 57 3 23 8 7 11992 240 6 145 122 41 21992 34 2 9 11 6 1 Number of occasions on which prisoners attended outpatient facilities. 2 Number of occasions on which prisoners were transferred to national health service hospitals. 3 Information not available.