§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates of British prisons without a previous involvement with hard drugs have died in prison from heroin or methadone use or became infected with HIV in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 24 November 1994]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 6 December 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners without a previous involvement with hard drugs who have died from heroin or methadone, or who became infected with HIV in each of the past ten years.I am afraid that the information requested is not available.