HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c105W
Mr. Hanley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the provision for compensation for lay visitors injured in the course of their duties;

(2) whether nationwide insurance cover is provided by his Department for prison lay visitors.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply to a question from the hon. Member for Tooting (Mr. Cox) on 17 January at column138.

Mr. Hanley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison lay visitors have been registered in the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years; and how many for each year have been injured in the course of their duties.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Appointments of lay visitors to police stations are made by the appropriate police authority. No central register is kept.

We are not aware that any lay visitor to police stations in the Metropolitan police division has been injured in the course of his or her duties. Information about lay visitors outside the metropolitan area is a matter for the police authority concerned.