Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answers to the right hon. Member for Swansea, West on 6 March, which of the six persons who absconded were on drugs-related offences and which owed money to the courts.
§ Mrs. Angela RumboldThe six women concerned had all been convicted of drug offences. Of these, one was ordered to pay costs of £450 which is still owed to the court. None of the other women are known to have been in debt to the courts.