§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to refusals by insurance companies to consider applications from prison officers serving in certain establishments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe Department has received no information that prison officers have been refused personal insurance.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prison officers of all ranks serving in penal establishments in Britain and Northern Ireland have, within the last five years, been recorded as suffering from heart attacks or other stress related conditions; and how many have died from such ailments whilst still serving;
(2) how many prison officers serving in a dispersal prison within the United Kingdom or who are recorded as having served in a dispersal prison have died from a heart attack or related ailment within the last five years.
§ Mr. MellorInformation about the circumstances of staff sickness or the death of serving officers is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.