§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons have died in prisons as a direct result of the abuse or misuse of(a) lawful drugs and (b) unlawful drugs in each year since 1978.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIn the period from 1 January 1978 to 31 December 1993 there has been only one death in Scottish prisons from abuse or misuse of drugs: in 1983 a prisoner died from an overdose of unlawful drugs.