HC Deb 08 April 1987 vol 114 c227W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates are available to him as to the number of prisoners who are HIV positive.

Mr. Mellor

On 7 April the prison population of England and Wales included 44 inmates reported as having been identified as HIV antibody positive. There is no statistically reliable estimate of the number of unidentified cases.