Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Monday, 23 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2001. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Thursday, 26 April 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing level is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff in the medical facility at HMP Holloway; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the staffing level is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff in the medical facility at HMP Holloway; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years. [158982] Mr. Boateng: As of 24 April 2001, there were (a) three doctors, (b) 43 nurses and (c) 26 support staff employed in Holloway's health care centre. On the same date last year, the equivalent figures were (a) four doctors, (b) 50 nurses and (c) 41 support staff. Information for previous years is not available. While there are staffing difficulties at Holloway, due to a number of factors, it should be noted that in November last year, the detoxification and post-detoxification treatment facilities were removed from the health care centre to separate units, reducing the number of health care centre beds from 92 to 27.

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