HC Deb 30 March 1983 vol 40 c142W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners regarded as having some degree of dependence on drugs were reported by prison medical officers in 1980, 1981 and 1982.

Mr. Mellor

In 1981 a total of 1,558 prisoners were reported by medical officers as having some degree of dependence on drugs at the time of their reception into custody compared with 1,003 in 1980. Information in respect of 1982 will be published shortly in the report of the Work of the Prison Department 1982.