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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with trade unions on the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with trade unions on the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service consults extensively with its trade unions on a wide range of issues.
Each prison has its own union management consultation committee and a health and safety committee. At national level there are consultation committees which cover areas including health and safety, HR and security. Meetings are chaired by senior leaders and the agendas are open to both sides.
HMPPS’s priority remains the prevention and cessation of any drug supply into prisons and consultation on all the related risks is undertaken in the forums I have referred to above.
Additionally, all Prison Service unions have been represented on the national working group on psychoactive substances – which was set up in late 2016.
Most recently unions have actively contributed to the revision of related health and safety procedures on the subject, including in 10 prisons where staff are being voluntarily tested for exposure to such substances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
Drug testing is an essential element of the HMPPS drug strategy and provides us with robust evidence on the prevalence of drug misuse. Drug testing can be used in support of security measures, to identify and signpost into drug treatment, monitor treatment compliance and act as an incentive to engage in treatment and drug free living.
HMPPS continues to explore new methodologies to develop our mandatory and voluntary drug testing frameworks enabling us to be responsive to the changing patterns of drug misuse in prisons. This includes the misuse of prescribed medication, and the dynamic market in psychoactive substances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisons have (a) healthcare and (b) drug rehabilitation and care services provided by private healthcare providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisons have (a) healthcare and (b) drug rehabilitation and care services provided by private healthcare providers.
This information is not available in the format requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisons have (a) healthcare and (b) drug rehabilitation and care services provided by NHS healthcare providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisons have (a) healthcare and (b) drug rehabilitation and care services provided by NHS healthcare providers.
This information is not available in the format requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports of drug taking there have been in (a) HMP Wormwood Scrubs, (b) HMP Pentonville and (c) other prisons over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports of drug taking there have been in (a) HMP Wormwood Scrubs, (b) HMP Pentonville and (c) other prisons over the last 12 months.
The information requested is planned for routine publication by the Ministry of Justice and will be available in the Annual NOMS digest on www.gov.uk.