HC Deb 29 October 1987 vol 121 c375W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of prison inmates reported as having been indentified as HIV antibody positive, at the latest available date.

Mr. John Patten

On 23 October 1987 the prison population of England and Wales included 33 inmates reported as having been identified as HIV antibody positive. 128 such cases had been reported since central monitoring began in March 1985.