HC Deb 10 January 2000 vol 342 cc16-9W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many occasions were recorded in each prison of the(a) illegal use and (b) supply of drugs in the past year. [R][103913]

Mr. Boateng

The table gives provisional figures for the number of occasions in each establishment that all attempts of(a) the illegal use of and (b) the supply of drugs were recorded for the period January to November 1999.

Drug offences punished in prisons in England and Wales January-November 19991,2
Establishment Unauthorised use of a controlled drug Sells/delivers controlled drug
Altcourse 77
Askham Grange 14
Acklington 36 1
Albany 4
Aldington 44 1
Ash well 251
Aylesbury 64
Belmarsh 222
Buckley Hall 214 1
Blundestone 63
Bedford 26
Brockhill 25 1
Bristol 107 1
Birmingham 479 1
Bullingdon 189 1
Brinsford 38
Blakenhurst 490 6
BullwoodHall 42
Brixton 105 1
Chelmsford 71 1
Cardiff 169
Camp Hill 116
Cookham Wood 41
Coldingley 60
Castington 46
Channings Wood 79
Canterbury 70
Dartmoor 63
Drake Hall 42
Durham 38
Doncaster 4 1
Dorchester 36
Deerbolt 89
Dover 69
Downview 29
Erlestoke 186
Standford Hill 71
East Sutton Park 5
Everthorpe 280
Eastwood Park 39
Exeter 66 1
Elmley 230 2
Ford 93
Foston Hall 85
Frankland 107
Feltham 61 2
Full Sutton 80
Featherstone 245 1
Garth 118
Gloucester 109
Guys Marsh 209
Grendon 37
Glen Parva 151
Gartree 109
Hollesley Bay 89
Huntercombe 79 1
Hatfield 57
Hewell Grange 18
Holme House 119 1
Hindley 41

Drug offences punished in prisons in England and Wales January-November 19991,2
Establishment Unauthorised use of a controlled drug Sells/delivers controlled drug
Hull 6
Highdown 266 1
Highpoint 114 7
Haverigg 158
Holloway 22
Kirkham 99
Kirklevington 38
Lancaster 109
Leicester 67
Leeds 379 3
Lancaster Farm 56
Lowdham Grange 169
Lindholme 391 5
Lincoln 153
Long Lartin 166
Latchmere House 13
Low Newton 39
Liverpool 513 1
Littlehey 140
Lewes 154
Leyhill 158
Moorland 109
Morton Hall 59
Manchester 341
Maidstone 100
The Mount 80
New Hall 48
Nottingham 51
Northallerton 32
North Sea Camp 64
Norwich 117
Onley 20
Portland 83
Parkhurst 99 1
Preston 199 1
Parc 297
Kingston (Portsmouth) 18
Pentonville 223 1
Rochester 21
Reading 14
Ranby 134 6
Risley 267
Send 24
Stafford 316
Stoke Heath 56 2
Stocken 223 2
Swaleside 105
Shepton Mallet 162
Swinfen Hall 29
Styal 48 1
Sudbury 112
Swansea 56
Shrewsbury 93 2
Thorn Cross 101
Usk 30
The Verne 55
The Weare 103
Wellingborough 229 1
Winchester 127
Wakefield 17
Wealstun 219
Woodhill 87 1
Way land 129 2
Wymott 129
Werrington 5
The Wolds 104
Whitemoor 137
Wormwood Scrubs 73
Whatton 3
Wands worth 134 1
Wetherby 34
All 14,722 62
1 Provisional figures
2 Includes attempts

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison staff or officials, indicating the grades, have been charged with or convicted of allowing the supply of illegal drugs in prison in the last year. [R] [103914]

Mr. Boateng

Three prison staff have been charged with or convicted of allowing the supply of illegal drugs in prison during 1999. The grades of these staff are one industrial, one instructional officer and one prison officer.