§ Mr. Wardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the expenditure and volume of orders in 1977–78 for Her Majesty's prisons on drugs used as (a) tranquillisers, (b) general medication and (c) suitable for personality control or change.
§ Dr. Summerskill:Information in the form requested is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The total expenditure by the prison service in 1977–78 on medicines, drugs, medical dressings, optical and dental charges was £651,500.