§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of prisoners who have been sent to outside hospitals for treatment and have escaped from the hospital during each of the last three years.
§ Mr. MellorThe numbers of adult prisoners who escaped from outside hospitals to which they had been sent for treatment, either as in-patients or as out-patients, were as follows:
Year Number 1982 20 1983 19 1984 25 Three such cases were reported in the first half of this year.
§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what kind of accommodation is provided by outside hospitals for prisoners sent to them for medical treatment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThis is determined at the time according to the circumstances of the case.