§ Mr CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of prison inmates who have been charged under prison rules of having unlawful drugs in their possession in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe number of charges for possession of controlled drugs, dealt with by governors or boards of visitors in prison service establishments was about 1,540 in 1987 and 1,630 in 1986. Information for earlier years is not available.