To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases or outbreaks of reportable diseases in prisons and immigration removal centres have occurred in each of the last three years.
Answered on
24 July 2015
Public Health England (PHE) receives reports from prisons and immigration removal centre on cases or outbreaks of reportable diseases.
The numbers of reportable single cases of infection per setting from 2012-2014 reported to PHE are presented in the table below.
Custodial setting | Year | ||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
Prisons | 1,208 | 1,630 | 600 |
Immigration Removal Centres | 60 | 38 | 30 |
Note: the increase in reported cases in prisons from 2012-2013 is due to improvements in reporting Hepatitis C infection. There were over 300 cases of hepatitis C reported during 2013.
The number of outbreaks of infection in prisons and immigration removal centres reported to PHE from 2012-14 are presented in the table below.
Custodial setting | Year | ||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
Prisons | 26 | 21 | 26 |
Immigration Removal Centres | 3 | 2 | 1 |