HC Deb 16 March 1988 vol 129 c572W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to screen all prisoners at the reception stage for HIV-1 and HIV-2.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Screening of all prisoners at the reception stage is already undertaken in the form of medical inquiry and investigation. Routine blood testing is not practised and there are no plans to introduce it.