HC Deb 17 November 1997 vol 301 c40W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he intends to take to ensure that all prison establishments have a multi-disciplinary management group dealing with HIV-AIDS; and if he will make a statement. [16369]

Ms Quin

It is Prison Service policy that every prison should have a multi-disciplinary AIDS Management Team. Teams from 125 establishments have so far attended centrally organised training courses as part of an ongoing programme. The content of the training has now been revised to include other communicable diseases such as Hepatitis B and C, and tuberculosis. The Prison Service recently appointed an outside agency to develop further and deliver the training programme, and every establishment has been invited to send a team.

Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prison establishments in England and Wales provide basic awareness training for prisoners in respect of HIV-Aids. [163701

Ms Quin

All Prison Service establishments are expected to provide basic awareness training for prisoners in HIV as part of their induction programme (usually within the first week of their arrival). In addition, all establishments are expected to have at least two trained HIV counsellors to deal with any concerns inmates may have during their stay in prison.

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