§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were treated by the private medical sector for each year since 1984.
§ Mr MacleanResponsibility 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. Ian McCartney, dated 21 July 1994: 492W
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners treated by the private medical sector for each year since 1984.I regret that this information is not collected centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were treated by NHS hospital trusts for each year since 1984.
§ Mr. MacleanResponsibility 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. Ian McCartney, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners treated by NHS hospital trusts for each year since 1984.The information you request is only available from 1986 onwards and is set out in the table. The status of NHS hospitals, trust or otherwise, is not recorded.
Year Number of occasions which prisoners attended NHS out-patient departments Number of transfers to NHS hospitals for in-patient treatment or observation 1986–87 17,757 1,908 1987–88 18,006 1,964 1988–89 18,494 1,964 1989–90 18,740 1,988 1990–91 18,402 1,887 1991–92 24,420 2,230 1992–93 23,959 2,240