§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the quantity of largactil, depixol and chloral hydrate respectively ordered by the prison medical department in England and Wales and in Scotland respectively, in 1979 and 1980 respectively and the average prison population in each system for each of these years.
§ Lord BelsteadThese medical supplies are not ordered centrally and the information requested could only be obtained at disporportionate cost.
§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a table showing for 1978 and 1980, the total number of doses and the quantity issued of psychotropic drugs, of hypnotic drugs and drugs acting on the central nervous system other than those already mentioned in the previous two categories, in Holloway, Styal, Cookham Wood and Parkhurst respectively; and within the above tables, whether they will identify separately the quantities of largactil, depixol and chloral hydrate prescribed at each prison.
§ Lord BelsteadThe available information is published in Appendix 6 to the report of the work of the Prison Department 1979. The information for 1980 is being collated. Details of the prescriptions of particular drugs are not collected and could only be obtained at disproportionate expense.