§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department at which prisons medical officers are authorised to prescribe opiate substances as part of a drug rehabilitation programme.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking at which prisons medical officers are authorised to prescribe opiate substances as part of drug rehabilitation programmes.All prison medical officers are authorised to prescribe opiate substances when its use is clinically indicated.