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Cannabis

I very much welcome the Government's U-turn on this matter, but will the Home Secretary accept that the years between the downgrading of cannabis and today have been a wasted opportunity? Will she also accept that if she is concerned about enforcement, she should consider the possibility of fixed penalty...

Member

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

7 May 2008

Reference

475 c711

House

House of Commons

BENZODIAZEPINES

That this House congratulates the 'Beat the Benzos' campaign in highlighting the over-prescription of tranquilliser drugs known as benzodiazepines, including Ativan, Temazepam and Valium; supports their objective in bringing about the full implementation of prescription guidelines by general practitioners; calls on the Government to provide greater support services for involuntary...

Primary sponsor

John Grogan (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

18 November 2002

Reference

119

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the legal status of the hallucinogen Salvia divinorum. - Includes fact that no current plans.

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 September 2001

Reference

5783; 372 c794W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for the period between the commencement of the home detention curfew scheme and 31st May inclusive (a) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, (b) the number of prisoners convicted of each offence who were...

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 June 2001

For answer on

25 June 2001

Answered on

25 June 2001

Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for the period between the commencement of the home detention curfew scheme and 31 May inclusive (a) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, (b) the number of prisoners convicted of each offence who were released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, including offences committed by prisoners normally classified under the categories (i) other homicide and attempted homicide, (ii) other violence against the person, (iii) drug offences, (iv) assaults and (v) other offences, including a breakdown of the prisoners normally classified in the sub-category of other offences called other offences, (c) the average sentence (A) received and (B) served, and the average period spent on the scheme, in respect of each offence, (d) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, who (1) breached the conditions of the curfew, (2) disappeared and were recaptured, (3) disappeared and remain unlawfully at large and (4) had their licences revoked with reasons, (e) the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme while on the scheme, including offences committed, by prisoners who committed more than one offence and (f) the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme who committed a further offence while on the scheme that was similar in character to that for which they were originally convicted, including offences committed by prisoners who committed more than one offence; and if he will make a statement. [223] Ms Beverley Hughes: I shall write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library.

Date

25 June 2001

Reference

370 c45W; 223

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for the period between the commencement of the Home Detention Curfew scheme and 28th February inclusive, (a) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, (b) the number of prisoners convicted of each specific offence who...

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 March 2001

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for the period between the commencement of the Home Detention Curfew scheme and 28 February inclusive, (a) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, (b) the number of prisoners convicted of each specific offence who were released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, including specific offences committed by prisoners normally classified under the categories (i) other homicide and attempted homicide, (ii) other violence against the person, (iii) drug offences, (iv) assaults and (v) other offences, including a breakdown of the prisoners normally classified in the sub-category of other offences called other offences, (c) the average sentence (i) received and (ii) served, and the average period spent on the scheme, in respect of each specific offence, (d) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, who (i) breached the conditions of the curfew, (ii) disappeared and were recaptured, (iii) disappeared and remain unlawfully at large and (iv) had their licences revoked, and for what reasons, (e) a breakdown of the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme while on the scheme, including all offences committed by prisoners who committed more than one offence and (f) a breakdown of the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme who committed a further offence while on the scheme that was similar in character to that for which they were originally convicted, including all offences committed by prisoners who committed more than one offence; and if he will make a statement. [152693] Mr. Boateng: [holding answer 8 March 2001]: I have written to the right hon. Member and placed a copy of the letter in the Library.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

152693; 365 c215W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders have been made to date in each police force area in England and Wales; how many have been (a) discharged and (b) breached; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 February 2001

For answer on

9 February 2001

Answered on

9 February 2001

Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug treatment and testing orders have been made to date in each police force area in England and Wales; how many have been (a) discharged and (b) breached; and if he will make a statement. [149160] Mr. Charles Clarke: Prior to 1 April 2000, drug treatment and testing orders were run on a pilot scheme in parts of three police force areas in England and Wales. Information is not available in the form requested, but data provided to the National Probation Directorate by the probation services in the pilot areas are given in the table. Since 1 October 2000, drug treatment and testing orders have been rolled-out on a national basis. No data on orders made since roll-out are yet available. Number of drug treatment and testing orders made and breached by police force area, England and Wales 30 September 1998 to 31 March 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police force area Number made Number breached Pilot Data (to 31 March 2000){1} Gloucestershire 100 63 Merseyside 68 29 Metropolitan Police (Croydon) 42 28 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: {1} National Probation Directorate (CPG)

Date

9 February 2001

Reference

149160; 362 c745-7W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend his policy on (a) cannabis and (b) class B controlled drugs; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 February 2000

Reference

109507; 344 c256W;344 c255W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives have been introduced since 1st May to combat the use of drugs in Her Majesty's Prisons.

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 January 1998

Reference

21262; 304 c285W;304 c281W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Statement on the present position the availability of information from the Prison Service mandatory drug testing programme.

Asked by

Olga Maitland (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

20 March 1997

Answered on

20 March 1997

Lady Olga Maitland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the present position the availability of information from the Prison Service mandatory drug testing programme. [21670] Miss Widdecombe: As part of the programme of mandatory drug testing in prison establishments the Prison Service collects a range of statistical information, including information about the percentage of prisoners who test positive for drugs in the tests which are carried out at random. Since April 1996 the number of random tests that prove positive, expressed as a percentage of the total number of random tests carried out, has been one of the Prison Service's key performance indicators. As a result of internal checking, a number of errors have been found in the information held centrally. The main problems are thought to relate to the recording of results of confirmation tests--carried out where a prisoner pleads not guilty at adjudication in response to an initial positive result--and to cases where an initial positive result should subsequently have been discounted because the prisoner concerned was on a course of prescribed medication. The Prison Service has commissioned the national addiction centre to carry out an independent validation of a sample of the available statistical information on mandatory drug testing covering the period April 1996 to June 1996. This involves a detailed scrutiny of the information held in prison establishments and comparison with the information held centrally. The validation exercise, should provide a measure of the extent of the errors, the possible implications for performance against the key indicator and, more generally, of the reliability of data on mandatory drug testing held by the Prison Service. There is no reason to suppose, from the work completed so far, that the statistical information for the period from April 1996 is other than broadly accurate. Once the exercise is complete, the Prison Service expects to be in a position to provide reliable information on performance against the key indicator for the period April 1996. However, until such information is available, all previously published figures relating to the percentage of prisoners who test positive for drugs should be regarded as provisional. In addition, no firm conclusions, including conclusions on any apparent trends on the use of drugs in prison, should be drawn from data relating to the first phase of the mandatory drugs testing programme--February 1995 to March 1996--since not all establishments were involved and some differences in testing protocols were in place. We are not yet in a position to say whether the use of cannabis has declined since mandatory drug testing was introduced. It remains the case that there is no clear evidence of switching from cannabis to opiates or vice versa. This answer should be taken as correcting any inadvertently misleading statements which may have been made in relation to mandatory drug testing statistics.

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

21670; 292 c855-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

What assessment he has made of the extent of drug taking in prisons.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

292 c1058; 19783

House

House of Commons

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