§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department of those prisoners released to date under the home detention curfew scheme, how many convicted of drugs offences were convicted of (a) unlawful supply and (b) possession with intent to supply unlawfully, for each type of controlled drug; and what was the average sentence (i) received and (ii) served in each case. [109592]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 11 February 2000]: Of those prisoners released up to 7 February 2000 under the Home Detention Curfew scheme, 876 were convicted of drugs supply and 1,138 were convicted of drugs possession with intent to supply. Information is not held centrally about the type of controlled drug in respect of these convictions.
The average sentence received for drugs supply was 21.7 months, and the average time spent in custody before release on Home Detention Curfew was 9.2 months. The average sentence received for possession with intent was 20.1 months, and the average time spent in custody before release on Home Detention Curfew was 8.4 months.