§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have taken place in the past 10 years in the proportion of prisoners suffering from(a) hepatitis, (b) HIV/AIDS and (c) TB. [80250]
§ Mr. George HowarthComplete information is not available in the form requested. The information given in the table has been collated from a number of databases held centrally, based on returns from prison establishments. The table shows new cases of hepatitis B and tuberculosis in England and Wales for 1988–89 and 1997–98.
New cases of hepatitis B and tuberculosis in prisons (England and Wales) 1988–89 and 1997–98 1998–89 1997–98 Hepatitis B (acute/chronic) 347 246 Average daily population of prison 49,784 62,584 Proportion of population 0.70% 0.39% Tuberculosis 22 50 Average daily population of prison 49,784 62,584 Proportion of population 0.0442% 0.0799% Note:
Arrangements for the collection of data on HIV/AIDS varied during the period. No statistics are provided since valid comparisons would be very difficult to make.