§ Mr. Alex Carlileasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times during 1983 prisoners were injected with tranquillisers or other drugs intended to have a psychological effect; and on how many of those occasions the drug was administered by a person other than a doctor or a registered mental nurse.
§ Mr. HurdIn 1983, 8,220 doses of psychotropic medicines (that is sedatives, tranquillisers and anti-depressants) were administered by injection. The other information is not available in the form requested, but in most cases these drugs are administered by appropriately trained hospital officers or nurses.