Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether individuals who were released from Young Offender Institution Swinfen Hall since October 2014 have been identified and screened for tuberculosis.

People in close contact with a prisoner diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in HMP & YOI Swinfen Hall in October 2014, during the period of time when the prisoner was infectious, were identified, assessed and offered testing for signs of infection.

Collaborative work between the National Offender Management Service and Public Health England (PHE) allowed the identification of 49 individuals who were subsequently transferred to another prison, as well as 32 released back to the community. Testing and follow up of individuals continues and has been coordinated between PHE centres and local TB services in their area of residence.