Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Wednesday, 31 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 April 1999. It was answered by George Howarth (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have taken place in the past 10 years in the proportion of prisoners suffering from (a) hepatitis, (b) HIV/AIDS and (c) TB. - Including table and fact their information is not available in the form requested.

Answer: Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have taken place in the past 10 years in the proportion of prisoners suffering from (a) hepatitis, (b) HIV/AIDS and (c) TB. [80250] Mr. George Howarth: Complete information is not available in the form requested. The information given in the table has been collated from a number of databases held centrally, based on returns from prison establishments. The table shows new cases of hepatitis B and tuberculosis in England and Wales for 1988-89 and 1997-98. New cases of hepatitis B and tuberculosis in prisons (England and Wales) 1988-89 and 1997-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-89 1997-98 Hepatitis B (acute/chronic) 347 246 Average daily population of prison 49,784 62,584 Proportion of population 0.70% 0.39% Tuberculosis 22 50 Average daily population of prison 49,784 62,584 Proportion of population 0.0442% 0.0799% _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Arrangements for the collection of data on HIV/AIDS varied during the period. No statistics are provided since valid comparisons would be very difficult to make

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