HC Deb 12 July 1995 vol 263 cc600-1W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the breakdown of his Department's budget for use in the treatment of prison inmates suffering from the HIV virus and the AIDS infection; and if he will make a statement. [33485]

Miss Widdecombe

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. Tom Cox, dated 12 July 1995:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the budget treatment of inmates suffering from the HIV virus and AIDS infection.

The Prison Service budget for health care is not broken down into treatment costs for individuals or for particular diseases. The policy on treatment of prison inmates generally is that the Prison Service pays for or provides treatment which is carried out within the prison setting and the National Health Service provides for the treatment of inmates who go to outside hospitals to receive specialist care or in-patient treatment.