Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risk assessment has been made of the decision to stop weekly testing of the all-clear siren at Ashworth high-security hospital.

Ashworth High Secure Hospital continues to test its escape alarm siren at 9am each Monday morning for a five-minute duration. This has been the case for the last 30 years. The hospital has never sounded an all clear alarm therefore no risk assessment was required.