HC Deb 10 December 2002 vol 396 c240W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in transferring funding responsibility for prison health services to the NHS in Wales. [85834]

Hilary Benn

[holding answer 9 December 2002]: I am in touch with the Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Assembly. Welsh Assembly and Home Office officials are considering the arrangements that would be needed to effect the transfer of responsibility for prison health services to the national health service (NHS) in Wales.