Written question asked by Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 9 December 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 December 1998. It was answered by George Howarth (Labour) on Thursday, 17 December 1998 on behalf of the Home Office.
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- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of reported drug use there were in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table and ref to 'Prison Statistics England and Wales' (table 8.5 of the 1997 edition, Cm 4017) and 'Statistics of offences against prison discipline and punishments England and Wales' (tables 8 and 9 1994-96 and tables 11 and 12 1992-93). Copies in Library.
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Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of reported drug use there were in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [63685] Mr. George Howarth: Provisional information for 1998 showing the number of drugs offences by prisoners proved at prison adjudication are given in the table. In addition, 831 prison visitors were arrested for drug related incidents at a prison in England and Wales between January and September 1998. Figures for prison visitors arrested for drug offences for the last 5 years are shown in the table. Information regarding the number of drugs offences proved at prison adjudication are published in "Prison statistics England and Wales" (table 8.5 of the 1997 edition, cm 4017) and before 1997 in successive volumes of "Statistics of offences against prison discipline and punishments England and Wales" (tables 8 and 9 for 1994-96 and tables 11 and 12 for 1992-93). Copies of these publications are in the Library. Number of drugs offences proved at adjudication in prisons in England and Wales--January to September 1998 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Offence Number Refusal to provide a drug test sample 326 Falsifying a drug test sample 35 Unauthorised use of controlled drug 11,902 Possession of unauthorised drug 2,402 Sells/delivers drugs to person 69 Total 14,734 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Visitors to prisons arrested for drug related offences _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1993 310 1994 921 1995 1,410 1996 1,270 1997 1,130 1998 (January-September) 831 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.
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