HC Deb 23 January 1992 vol 202 c313W
2. Mr. Gregory

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison searches in the last 12 months resulted in drugs finds; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

During the year ending 31 December 1991 all methods of searching resulted in 683 drug equipment finds and 2,654 drug finds in prison service establishments in England and Wales.