§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have contracted AIDS/HIV in prison in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 31 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about AIDS/HIV in prison. There is only one documented case of a prisoner who clearly became infected with HIV whilst within the prison system in England and Wales. This infection occurred in 1993.