HC Deb 19 October 1981 vol 10 cc22-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the card index system of medical documentation has now been introduced in all prisons; what has been the reason for the delay in these prisons where it has not been introduced; and in those cases, when it is expected to be introduced.

Mr. Mayhew:

A few prison department establishments use a card index system of treatment records. We are examining the possibility of introducing the system in all establishments, but work on this has been delayed by restricted access to some papers as a result of the Civil Service dispute. It is not yet possible to say when this examination will be completed.