HC Deb 27 March 2003 vol 402 cc347-8W
Mr. Nick Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 18 March,Official Report, column 710W, on drug treatment of prisoners, how many offenders did not require drug and alcohol detoxification on entering prison between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002. [105071]

Hilary Benn

The information sought is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. As my previous answer explained, the Prison Service and the Department of Health are only able to report the number of detoxifications carried out. This figure does not necessarily reflect the actual detoxification need, nor—by extension—the number of prisoners who do not require the intervention.