HC Deb 30 June 1989 vol 155 cc567-8W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported drug finds there were in each of the prisons in England and Wales during the last 12 months.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

[holding answer 23 June 1989]: The following numbers of finds made in prisons of drugs or of substances believed to be drugs have been notified for the year up to 31 May 1989:

Drug finds
Her Majesty's Prison Acklington 19
Her Majesty's Prison Albany 51
Her Majesty's Prison Aldington 5
Her Majesty's Prison Ashwell 24
Her Majesty's Prison Askham Grange 2
Her Majesty's Prison Bedford 9
Her Majesty's Prison Birmingham 62
Her Majesty's Prison Blantyre House 2
Her Majesty's Prison Blundeston 13
Her Majesty's Prison Bristol 54
Her Majesty's Prison Brixton 212
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender Institution Bullwood Hall 15
Her Majesty's Prison Camp Hill 21
Her Majesty's Prison Canterbury 9
Her Majesty's Prison Cardiff 27
Her Majesty's Prison Channings Wood 15
Her Majesty's Prison Chelmsford 47
Her Majesty's Prison Coldingley 25
Her Majesty's Prison Cookham Wood 6
Her Majesty's Prison Dartmoor 22
Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester 11
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender Institution Drake Hall 5

Drug finds
Her Majesty's Prison Durham 26
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender Institution East Sutton Park 8
Her Majesty's Prison Erlestoke 9
Her Majesty's Prison Exeter 27
Her Majesty's Prison Featherstone 19
Her Majesty's Prison Ford 77
Her Majesty's Prison Frankland 49
Her Majesty's Prison Full Sutton 12
Her Majesty's Prison Garth 13
Her Majesty's Prison Gartree 18
Her Majesty's Prison Gloucester 20
Her Majesty's Prison Grendon-Spring Hill 10
Her Majesty's Prison Haverigg 20
Her Majesty's Prison Highpoint 29
Her Majesty's Prison Holloway 46
Her Majesty's Prison Hull 16
Her Majesty's Prison Kingston 4
Her Majesty's Prison Kirkham 39
Her Majesty's Prison Lancaster 8
Her Majesty's Prison Leeds 11
Her Majesty's Prison Leicester 22
Her Majesty's Prison Lewes 24
Her Majesty's Prison Leyhill 12
Her Majesty's Prison Lincoln 26
Her Majesty's Prison Lindholme 36
Her Majesty's Prison Littlehey 27
Her Majesty's Prison Liverpool 67
Her Majesty's Prison Long Lartin 42
Her Majesty's Prison Maidstone 18
Her Majesty's Prison Manchester 76
Her Majesty's Prison Morton Hall 6
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender Institution New Hall 10
Her Majesty's Prison Northeye 42
Her Majesty's Prison North Sea Camp 5
Her Majesty's Prison Norwich 38
Her Majesty's Prison Nottingham 2
Her Majesty's Prison Oxford 3
Her Majesty's Prison Parkhurst 34
Her Majesty's Prison Pentonville 60
Her Majesty's Prison Preston 9
Her Majesty's Prison Ranby 16
Her Majesty's Prison Reading 12
Her Majesty's Prison Rochester 47
Her Majesty's Prison Rollestone 5
Her Majesty's Prison Rudgate 17
Her Majesty's Prison Send 15
Her Majesty's Prison Shepton Mallet 7
Her Majesty's Prison Shrewsbury 5
Her Majesty's Prison Stafford 51
Her Majesty's Prison Standford Hill 47
Her Majesty's Prison Stocken 14
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender Institution Styal 9
Her Majesty's Prison Sudbury/Foston Hall 16
Her Majesty's Prison Swaleside 9
Her Majesty's Prison Swansea 9
Her Majesty's Prison Thorp Arch 12
Her Majesty's Prison The Verne 18
Her Majesty's Prison Wakefield 19
Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth 266
Her Majesty's Prison Way land 39
Her Majesty's Prison Winchester 43
Her Majesty's Prison Wormwood Scrubs 214
Her Majesty's Prison Wymott 9

Cannabis represented about 92 per cent. of the above finds.