To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners admitted to hospital for treatment in the last year; and how many of these were placed in single rooms in hospital. (165705)

The information requested is not held centrally.

A 2005-06 audit of health care escorts and bedwatches activity in all prison establishments in England and Wales identified the following activity¹:

¹ Source:

A Twelve Month Study of Prison Healthcare Escorts and Bedwatches, Department of Health, 2006.

A copy of the full report has been placed in the Library and is also available at:

www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_062794