§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of disciplinary actions taken against prisoners for illegal drug use in each of the past five years. [2165]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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. Paul Flynn, dated 27 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average number of disciplinary actions taken against prisoners for illegal drug use in each of the past five years.Use of a controlled drug by prisoners in Prison Service establishments became a disciplinary offence in January 1995 under Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules. Provisional data for the period from January to October 1995 show that there have been 921 proved adjudications for this offence.