§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women are serving sentences in British prisons under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and how many of these are deportees.
§ Mrs. RumboldOn 30 June 1990, a provisional figure of about 320 females were serving sentences for all types of508W drugs offences in prison service establishments. The only readily available information on the types of drug offences does not separately identify males and females. It is published annually in Prison Statistics England and Wales (table 1(a) of the latest volume, for 1989, Cm. 1221), copies of which are in the Library. Information on whether they were liable for deportation on completion of sentence is not available centrally.