HC Deb 29 March 1979 vol 965 c289W
Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the numbers of (a) men and (b) women currently serving prison sentences suffering from alcoholism or a serious drinking problem.

Dr. Summerskill

No records are kept because of the difficulty of defining with any precision alcoholism or problem drinking, and any attempt to estimate the numbers would be of doubtful value.

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