HC Deb 25 January 1999 vol 324 cc79-80W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines his Department has issued on the medical assessment and examination of young offenders on induction into young offender units. [66392]

Mr. George Howarth

The Prison Service published health care standards cover the health assessment and examination of all prisoners, including young offenders, on first reception into custody. These were laid down in 1994.