HC Deb 31 March 1983 vol 40 c268W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the result of the study of reconviction data of the 29 prisoners evaluated by the psychology department of Her Majesty's prison, Wormwood Scrubs.

Mr. Mellor

The results of the study, which now covers 54 prisoners receiving treatment for drug abuse, are being examined. Preliminary analysis shows an overall reconviction rate of the order of 70 per cent. within two years of release, and that the use of barbiturates, in particular, is associated with reconviction. The full results of the study will be available later this year.