HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc94-5W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is the policy of his Department to inform prison officers if an inmate in a prison in England and Wales is known to be HIV positive; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

No. The recommended practice is that such information obtained in a clinical context should be available only to staff with responsibility for the prisoner's health care unless the prisoner consents to wider disclosure in his own interests or, exceptionally, such disclosure is deemed necessary to prevent the spread of infection.