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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 December 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 December 2013. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Hepatitis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of prisoners in England received a full course of the hepatitis B vaccine in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012 and (f) 2013 to date.

Answer

The prison health performance quality indicators (PHPQI) record data on the number of prisoners who were vaccinated against hepatitis B, either before or within one month of reception into prison. Incomplete reporting mean that these data probably under-represent the total number of prisoners receiving a full course of vaccine. Public Health England's Health and Justice Team collates these data centrally.

The number of prisoners receiving the full course of Hepatitis B vaccine and the percentage of prisoners this represents as reported in the PHPQI dataset for each year are as follows:

2008: 66,759 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 37% of total prison population;

2009: 60, 869 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 40% of total prison population;

2010-11: 143,774 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 57% of total prison population;

2011-12: 107,282 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 57% of total prison population;

2012-13: 111,497 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 57% of total prison population; and

Q1 2013-14: 29,008 prisoners fully vaccinated, representing 55% of total prison population.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
178462; 572 c279W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Hepatitis Prisoners Vaccination
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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