HC Deb 22 July 1985 vol 83 c345W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been prescribed powerful tranquillisers by prison doctors in each year since 1979; what proportion of such prescriptions were Largactil; in which prisons they were prescribed; and how many inmates suffered severe or irreversible illnesses as a result.

Mr. Mellor

My noble Friend will write to the hon. Member.