§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether prisoners in(a) Garth and (b) Wymott prisons are included in the funding calculation for Chorley South Ribble PCT. [87046]
§ Jacqui SmithPrisoners classified by the Office for National Statistics as normally resident in Her Majesty's Prison Garth and HMP Wymott are included in the population figures on which funding calculations for Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust are based. From April 2003 the methodology for taking account of prisoners in PCT allocations will change. PCTs with prisons in their boundaries will receive allocations that take into account the secondary physical health care needs of whole of the local prison population.