HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 c784W
31. Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest figure for the number of prisoners infected with the HIV virus; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

On 12 January 1988 the prison population of England and Wales included 44 inmates reported as having been identified as HIV antibody positive. One hundred and fifty four such cases had been reported since central monitoring began in March 1985.