§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many HIV positive cases were recorded for prison inmates in England and Wales during 1995. [26545]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 26 April 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Question asking about the number of HIV positive inmates during 1995.Thirty three new cases of HIV positive inmates were notified by establishments to Prison Service headquarters in 1995. An average of 69 inmates were known to be HIV positive at any one time during that year.