HC Deb 30 October 1995 vol 265 c50W
Miss Hoey

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many persons tested positive in the Sports Council drug testing programme in 1994–95. [39787]

Mr. Sproat

The Sports Council publishes a report on its doping control programme annually containing, among other information, statistics on the number of tests taken and the number of positive reports. In 1994–95, the Sports Council reported that 60 persons tested positive for banned substances and there were seven refusals out of a total of 4,374 tests.

Miss Hoey

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list those sportspeople who were tested for illegal substances during 1995, indicating those who were drug free and those found to be drug positive. [39797]

Mr. Sproat

This information is not available centrally. The names of those tested, and who subsequently test positive, are reported by the Sports Council's doping control unit to the governing body of the sport under whose authority testing has taken place. It is the responsibility of the individual governing body to decide when and how to release that information. Not all substances prohibited in sport are controlled substances. Sports organisations themselves decide on the parameter for controlling drug misuse in sport.

Miss Hoey

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how much of the Sports Council funds are allocated to anti-drug information. [39786]

Mr. Sproat

In 1994–95, the Sports Council's doping control unit spent £86,099 on education and information, supplemented by expenditure by the Sports Councils in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.