§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prisoners currently remanded or sentenced in gaols in England and Wales who are known to be drug users; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of inmates reported by medical officers as having some degree of dependence on drugs at the time of their reception into custody is included in the medical statistics on page 78 of the report on the work of the prison service April 1987-March 1988 (Cm. 516) a copy of which is in the Library. They show that 2,628 were so reported during that year.