§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds have been spent in each of the last three years on mandatory drug tests in prisons. [68996]
§ Mr. George HowarthThere is a central budget covering expenditure on laboratory analysis, a courier service, collection kits and stationery. Expenditure from that budget in the last three years has been as follows:
Year £ 1996–97 1,076,381 1997–98 1,599,137 April 1998 to January 1999 1,100,000 These figures do not include the cost of staff who collect the samples and provide administrative support. Responsibility for meeting these costs is devolved to 765W each prison governor. Information on this element of expenditure is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the amount of illegal drugs discovered in each of Her Majesty's prisons in each of the last three years. [68997]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe table lists for each of Her Majesty's prisons in England and Wales for the last three years, the number of finds of illegal drugs discovered. No central record of the aggregate amount of the drug is kept.
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Drug finds in Prisons 1996–98 Total drug finds per establishment per year Prison 1996 1997 1998 Acklington 31 37 46 Albany 15 4 — Aldington 10 6 5 Altcourse — — 65 Ashwell 32 59 52 Askham Grange 3 2 5 Aylesbury 36 19 24 Belmarsh 9 6 38 Birmingham 95 120 101 Blakenhurst 180 193 156 Blundeston 37 55 46 Brinsford 93 65 41 Bristol 47 64 79 Brixton 81 41 63 Brockhill 12 17 29 Buckley Hall 58 48 36 Bullingdon 47 59 74 Bullwood Hall 6 5 7 Camp Hill 25 15 7 Canterbury 47 25 11 Cardiff 227 206 136 Castington 15 16 13 Channings Wood 39 36 25 Chelmsford 92 105 73 Colchester — 6 — Coldingley 6 9 7 Cookham Wood 7 6 6 Dartmoor 45 32 25 Deerbolt 38 29 16 Doncaster 349 293 176 Doncaster 349 293 176 Dorchester 5 1 4 Dover 40 26 28 Downview 2 1 2 Drake Hall 23 10 2 Durham 252 246 133 Eastwood Park 7 1 1 Elmley 105 39 24 Erlestoke 21 18 20 Everthorpe 37 39 37 Exeter 57 41 51 Featherstone 29 8 9 Feltham 308 231 124 Ford 46 110 36 Frankland 57 40 49 Full Sutton 41 13 21 Garth 61 46 37 Gartree 37 9 14 Glen Parva 226 183 120 Gloucester 47 55 45 Grendon 24 21 19 Guys Marsh 42 56 42 Haslar — 1 — Hatfield 10 4 — Havering 61 47 44 Hewell Grange 4 2 7 Highdown 98 65 3 Highpoint 36 64 63 Hindley 66 41 18
Drug finds in Prisons 1996–98 Total drug finds per establishment per year Prison 1996 1997 1998 Hollesley Bay 49 53 41 Holloway 97 82 56 Holme House 62 91 58 Hull 75 41 22 Huntercombe 6 3 1 Kingston 2 — — Kirkham 39 46 16 Kirklevington 4 2 — Lancaster 21 15 14 Lancaster Farms 72 47 36 Latchmere House — 1 — Leeds 135 96 97 Leicester 171 115 63 Lewes 82 75 46 Leyhill 2 — 4 Lincoln 92 86 72 Lindholme 159 119 63 Littlehey 46 23 30 Liverpool 176 145 62 Long Lartin 10 4 15 Lowdham Grange — — 47 Low Newton 38 11 12 Maidstone 15 15 30 Manchester 84 102 100 Moorland 74 88 98 Morton Hall 3 15 11 New Hall 9 8 6 North Sea Camp 6 15 4 Northallerton 33 38 25 Norwich 63 69 83 Nottingham 14 35 67 Onley 51 21 28 Parc — 1 64 Parkhurst 80 48 28 Pentonville 94 124 115 Portland 51 25 22 Preston 108 104 85 Ranby 34 28 26 Reading 41 71 18 Risley 122 74 100 Rochester 8 4 2 Send 2 1 — Shepton Mallet 6 9 3 Shrewsbury 20 29 28 Stafford 88 86 50 Standford Hill 21 26 8 Stocken 30 21 19 Stoke Heath 37 22 4 Styal 26 16 18 Sudbury 1 34 15 Swaleside 22 4 23 Swansea 36 47 35 Swinfen Hall 6 3 19 The Mount 59 44 21 The Verne 41 33 37 Thorn Cross 57 62 40 Usk 4 3 2 Wakefield 16 8 5 Wandsworth 146 55 60 Wayland 66 69 89 Wealstun 19 8 11 Weare — — 9 Wellingborough 12 11 30 Werrington 3 2 3 Wetherby 10 8 10 Whatton — 1 — Whitemoor 35 17 21 Winchester 33 12 2 Wolds 124 76 55 Woodhill 104 62 35 Wormwood Scrubs 155 111 51 Wymott 4 23 4 Total 6,835 5,840 4,689