§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were(a) the categories of and (b) the numbers of individual doses of drugs administered to inmates at Her Majesty's prison Holloway in the latest available year.
§ Mr. John PattenThe following information relates to the financial year 1986–87.
Number of doses of medicine administered lo inmates of Her Majesty's prison, Holloway Number (1) Medicines available without prescription in the community 120,844 (2) Psychotropic drugs (ie. antidepressants, sedatives and tranquillisers) 77,841 (3) Hypnotic drugs 21,911 (4) Drugs acting on the central nervous system other than those shown in (2) and (3) 28,237 506W
Restricted patients discharged from Rampton 1979–86 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Conditional discharge: By Home Secretary 10 14 16 3 9 8 1 1 By Mental Health Review Tribunal — — — — — 7 5 8 Absolute discharge: By Home Secretary — — 1 — — — — — By Mental Health Review Tribunal — — — — 1 2 5 6
Number (5)Other drugs and medicines 132,079
§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of inmates in Her Majesty's prison Holloway are imprisoned for drug-related offences.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on offences is not complete. However, on 30 June 1987 about 30 per cent. of the sentenced population of Holloway prison was known to be serving sentences for drugs offences.
§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total cost of drugs dispensed to inmates of Her Majesty's prison Holloway.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation in the form requested is not available. In the financial year 1986–87 the cost of procuring medicines and other pharmaceutical items, including small items of equipment for surgical and other medical uses, was £58,749.