§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prison drug tests proved positive in(a) drug-free wings and (b) other wings in the latest period for which figures are available. [88306]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe proportion of random mandatory drug tests that proved positive for the period 1998–99 was 18.3 per cent. which is 1.7 per cent. less than the target of 20 per cent. set for the year. This can be compared with the previous years' figures of 24.4 per cent. positive in 1996–97 and 20.8 per cent. in 1997–98. Figures for drug testing results from voluntary testing units are not collated centrally.
§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) arrests have been made on suspicion of smuggling drugs into prison, :(b) prosecutions have been brought and (c) convictions have been obtained in the most recent period for which figures are available. [88303]
§ Mr. George HowarthI refer my hon. Friend to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Cox) on 23 June 1999,Official Report, column 379.