HC Deb 10 January 1990 vol 164 c623W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about his policy towards prisoners suffering from dementia.

Mr. Mellor

This is a medical matter. The director of prison medical services has not thought it appropriate to issue guidance on the subject to prison medical officers, all of whom are registered medical practitioners and are able to take specialist advice on the management of individual cases.