§ 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 addicted to heroin; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 27 July 1989]: The number of heroin addicts in prison service establishments at any one time is not known. During 1988, counting addicts at their most recent notification, 1,022 heroin (alone or with other drugs) addicts were notified to the chief medical officer at the Home Office by prison medical officers in England and Wales.