§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to reduce levels of hepatitis in prisons. [48401]
§ Ms QuinThe Prison Service runs an extensive education and counselling programme to make prisoners aware of the risks to health from communicable diseases and offers prisoners and staff who come into contact with them immunisation against hepatitis B. As part of efforts to reduce hepatitis and HIV, it is also piloting the reintroduction of disinfecting tablets in selected establishments from this month, as announced by my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley, North and Sefton East, (Mr. Howarth) the Under-Secretary of State.