HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 cc368-9W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons provide halal meat for Muslim inmates. [40439]

Ms Quin

Halal meat is available via a central call off contract for all penal establishments to use as and when necessary. Of the 74 prisons currently purchasing from the call off contract, 43 are purchasing some halal meat.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of halal meat provided in prisons was derived from animals which had been stunned before slaughter in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [40437]

Ms Quin

The information requested is not available.