HC Deb 13 February 1987 vol 110 cc372-3W
Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) men and (b) women in prison on 31 January who were known to be suffering from AIDS.

Mr. Mellor

There was no reported case, male of female, of diagnosed AIDS in the prison population of England and Wales on the date mentioned.

Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in the United Kingdom that are able to treat inmates who are suffering from AIDS.

Mr. Mellor

As regards England and Wales, I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to his question on 16 December 1986 at column479. The position elsewhere in the United Kingdom is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.