Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 April 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 April 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many high security prison hospital places have been established since June 2001. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many high security prison hospital places have been established since June 2001. [167704] Dr. Ladyman: There were 159 in-patient beds in health care centres in high security prisons in June 2001 and 183 in December 2003. The figures are not directly comparable because an additional establishment was brought within the high security prison estate between those two dates. The number of in-patient beds in the health care centres of the eight prisons that constituted the high security estate in June 2001 had fallen to 145 by December 2003.

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