HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 cc1032-5W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of drug finds in each of the prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months. [41865]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 8 November 1995:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of drug finds in each of the prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.Information is readily available centrally for the period from January 1995 and is provided in the attached table, a copy of which will be placed in the Library of the House.

Prison 1995
January February March April May June July August September
Deerbolt 7 5 4 5 15 5 9 10 4
Doncaster 6 8 41 33 18 14 18 24 23
Dorchester 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1
Dover 7 8 1 2 3 5 2 2 2
Downview 3 1 3 2 5 5 1 1 0
Drake Hall 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 3 1
Durham 8 15 12 8 8 5 10 16 9
East Sutton Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Elmley 8 8 13 6 18 13 7 11 8
Erlestoke 4 3 8 5 5 4 3 14 17
Everthorpe 0 0 5 2 2 1 2 0 5
Exeter 4 14 8 6 15 3 7 7 4
Featherstone 5 2 4 4 2 2 3 1 5
Feltham 54 45 34 28 44 33 54 36 39
Ford 1 4 12 1 4 0 1 3 2
Frankland 8 6 0 4 1 5 2 2 6
Full Sutton 1 5 1 5 3 1 3 2 6
Garth 7 4 11 3 7 2 7 5 4
Gartree 7 4 10 10 4 0 3 1 3
Glen Parva 23 21 30 20 16 26 12 6 21
Gloucester 3 8 8 0 6 0 1 7 2
Grendon/Spring Hill 5 2 3 0 4 5 1 1 2
Guys Marsh 10 14 9 11 20 10 18 13 10
Haslar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hatfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haverigg 29 28 30 32 33 23 26 20 26
Hewell Grange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highdown 3 8 1 7 10 9 19 5 6
Highpoint 2 1 5 1 0 4 7 4 7
Hindley 8 12 10 7 3 8 7 11 8
Hollesley Bay 7 5 7 4 0 5 4 7 5
Holloway 1 8 5 5 5 10 4 1 3
Holme House 10 5 14 11 13 3 11 7 5
Hull 13 11 12 5 9 14 3 11 9
Huntercombe 0 5 0 2 4 1 0 1 2
Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kirkham 9 5 14 8 4 2 6 3 7
Kirklevington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancaster 1 1 2 0 2 0 5 7 2
Lancaster Farms 13 17 12 0 20 4 7 4 7
Latchmore House 2 1 0 14 1 8 0 0 0
Leeds 0 0 0 15 36 16 17 16 26
Leicester 23 19 15 21 8 18 14 14 13
Lewes 7 8 12 7 10 12 10 16 15
Leyhill 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Lincoln 10 9 14 7 8 11 5 8 4
Lindholme 5 8 10 6 13 11 9 17 10
Littlehey 4 2 7 6 1 2 3 1 2
Liverpool 20 17 27 28 30 16 21 23 26
Long Lartin 2 5 2 2 6 0 2 1 3
Low Newton 3 4 0 2 2 2 3 2 4
Maidstone 1 1 0 1 7 4 3 0 0
Manchester 2 5 5 4 6 7 19 15 7
Moorland 0 6 15 12 19 8 9 17 7
Morton Hall 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0
The Mount 3 2 2 0 8 5 6 3 2
New Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
North Sea Camp 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 0 0
Northallerton 7 10 8 8 15 6 14 0 14
Norwich 1 7 6 7 0 3 5 9 10
Nottingham 0 1 5 1 4 4 0 1 1
Onley 5 2 4 4 11 8 5 9 8
Parkhurst 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 4 18
Pentonville 9 10 5 3 12 8 4 4 8
Portland 7 8 9 9 9 2 6 8 12
Preston 8 4 10 8 11 7 17 8 17
Pucklechurch 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ranby 3 0 3 0 6 6 2 2 2
Reading 0 0 0 5 3 2 2 3 5
Risley 8 16 12 8 15 6 4 12 13
Rochester 7 6 2 2 6 6 4 9 6
Send 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shepton Mallett 0 2 2 2 2 1 5 1 1
Prison 1995
January February March April May June July August September
Shrewsbury 1 4 1 4 5 6 3 6 2
Stafford 20 11 10 15 9 10 10 15 15
Standford Hill 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3
Stocken 3 11 4 2 13 0 6 0 0
Stoke Heath 5 0 0 10 15 15 11 13 20
Styal 2 3 1 1 5 2 5 4 3
Sudbury/Foston Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swaleside 4 12 4 2 7 8 7 3 6
Swansea 5 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Swinfen Hall 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2
Thorn Cross 10 8 10 13 16 16 8 4 3
Usk 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 3
The Verne 6 3 3 4 9 6 9 9 5
Wakefield 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wandsworth 25 21 15 24 32 19 24 20 17
Wayland 3 3 7 0 0 0 5 2 6
Wealstun 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3
Wellingborough 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
Werrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetherby 0 1 3 0 1 2 4 0 3
Whatton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Whitemoor 3 7 5 3 4 2 1 0 1
Winchester 1 0 6 1 1 5 4 2 3
Wolds 4 10 9 7 5 11 11 11 13
Woodhill 9 14 9 11 18 14 16 14 6
Wormwood Scrubs 20 14 21 23 17 14 17 23 4
Wymott 1 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of prison inmates in each prison in England and Wales who have been put on report for being in possession of illegal drugs, in each month during the last 12 months. [41857]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 8 November 1995:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prison inmates in each prison in England and Wales who have been put on report for being in possession of illegal drugs.The readily available information was published in 'Statistics of offences against prison discipline and punishments, England and Wales, 1994 (Cm 2934)', a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.