HC Deb 07 July 1981 vol 8 c80W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now correct the reply given to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 21 January 1980, Official Report, column 16, that Benperidol was first used in prisons in 1971.

Mr. Mayhew

The reply I gave on 21 January 1980—[Vol. 977, c. 16]—is correct.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the drug Benperidol was first administered to prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs prison.

Mr. Mayhew

Benperidol was first prescribed for a prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs in 1971.