HC Deb 07 December 1988 vol 143 cc195-6W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what staff and medical care facilities would be required for an industrial or commercial business of comparable size and work force to that of each of Northern Ireland's prisons; and how far short of that level are the staffing and facilities of each of those prisons.

Mr. Ian Stewart

Regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work (NI) Order 1978, require employers to provide certain minimum levels of first aid facilities for employees who are injured or become ill at work. The first aid facilities provided in each of Northern Ireland's prisons exceed the minimum requirements.