§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each HM prison and remand or detention centre in(a) South Yorkshire, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) Humberside how many hospital visits have been allowed to prisoners in each year since 1985; and if he will show the hospitals attended.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 5 May 1994]: Responsibility 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 from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 12 May 1994:
197WThe Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about hospital visits since 1985 by prisoners in South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Humberside.Central statistical information about visits to NHS facilities details only the number of visits or transfers, not the hospital attended. The available information is shown in the attached tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
West Yorkshire HMP Leeds HMP and YOI New Hall HMP Rudgate HMP Thorp Arch 1985 (i) 367 94 205 154 (ii) 30 2 14 7 1986 (i) 411 45 240 100 (ii) 26 4 9 2 1987 (i) 220 101 131 162 75 (ii) 24 13 1 12 0 1988 (i) 244 126 25 182 75 (ii) 24 17 6 13 3 1989 (i) 201 123 39 230 54 (ii) 26 17 3 6 2 1990 (i) 225 120 37 189 148 (ii) 23 27 10 13 2 1991 (i) 160 134 30 312 156 (ii) 29 21 8 28 6 1992 (i) 216 125 13 314 134 (ii) 24 27 2 21 10 1 Separate figures available, for prison and YOI, from this date. (i) Number of occasions on which prisoners attended outpatient facilities. (ii) Number of occasions on which prisoners were transferred to NHS hospitals.
Humberside HMP Everthorpe HMP Full Sutton HMP Hull HMYOI Hull 1985 (i) 148 (Opened 1987) 60 3 (ii) 12 — 9 0 1986 (i) 136 — 163 27 (ii) 12 — 18 4 1987 (i) 107 8 164 60 (ii) 5 0 21 3 1988 (i) 64 61 1213 (ii) 6 10 22 1989 (i) 76 69 277 (ii) 0 23 31 1990 (i) 52 129 230 (ii) 12 25 20 1991 (i) 61 145 323 (ii) 13 14 32 1992 (i) 129 119 208 (ii) 11 18 24 1 Combined figures for Health Care Centre at Hull from this date. (i) Number of occasions on which prisoners attended outpatient facilities. (ii) Number of occasions on which prisoners were transferred to NHS hospitals.