HC Deb 04 February 1999 vol 324 cc764-6W
Mr. Steen

To 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 Howarth

There 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 each prison governor. Information on this element of expenditure is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Steen

To 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 Howarth

The 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.

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