§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of sentenced prisoners, including fine defaulters, received into prison in 1984 had committed offences involving drugs;
(2) what proportion of sentenced prisoners, excluding fine defaulters, received into prison in 1984 had committed offences involving drugs.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information relates to persons received under sentence for drug offences and was published in tables 3.2, 4.1 and 5.1 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1984" (Cmnd. 9622). In 1984, 3 per cent. of all those received under sentence including fine defaulters and 3.5 per cent. of those excluding fine defaulters had been sentenced for drugs offences.