§ Mr. Messerasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the provision for free medical treatment for wives and children of prison officers, which is available in cases where the officer is living in quarters, is in effect denied where the officer is unable to be provided with quarters and has to live some way from the prison in which he is employed; and whether he is prepared to authorise arrangements for the provision of free medical attention in such cases?
§ Sir J. AndersonPrison officers and their families living at such a distance from a prison that the prison medical officer is unable to attend them are allowed to make arrangements with medical practitioners of their own choice for medical attendance for which payment is made at panel rates by the Prison Commissioners.