HC Deb 10 November 1989 vol 159 c800W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison staff have been either suspended or disciplined since 1986 for the alleged or actual possession or importation of an unlawful drug into a prison establishment in England or Wales.

Mr. Mellor

Since January 1986 11 members of staff have been prosecuted or subjected to disciplinary proceedings for drug-related offences.