HC Deb 26 April 1996 vol 276 cc290-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates have been put on report in each prison in England and Wales for having in their possession unauthorised drugs, since 1 January. [26304]

Miss Widdecombe

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

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 26 April 1996: The Home Secretary has asked met to reply to your recent Question concerning the number of inmates who have been put on report in each prison in England and Wales for having in their possession unauthorised drugs, since 1 January. Provisional figures for the numbers found guilty at adjudication of unauthorised possession of controlled drugs are shown in the attached table.

Proved adjudications for drugs possession—January-March 1996 (provisional)
Number
MALE ESTABLISHMENTS
Prisons and remand centres 886
Remand centres 171
Brinsford 42
Dorchester 3
Exeter 1
Feltham 26
Glen Parva 23
Gloucester 27
Hindley 33
Lancaster Farms 19
Northallerton 11
Norwich 1
Reading 4
Rochester 1
Local prisons 535
Bedford 4
Birmingham 35
Blakenhurst 1
Bristol 5
Brixton 20
Bullingdon 2
Camp Hill 1
Canterbury 9
Cardiff 10
Chelmsford 6
Doncaster 43
Dorchester 8
Durham 60
Elmley 10
Exeter 9
Gloucester 4
Highdown 67
Holme House 11
Leeds 4
Leicester 36
Lincoln 3
Liverpool 62
Manchester 64
Norwich 5
Pentonville 19
Preston 1
Shrewsbury 7
Wandsworth 24
Wood Hill 1
Wormwood Scrubs 4
Open prisons 14
Ford 2
Hewell Grange 2
Kirkham 2
Morton Hall 3
North Sea Camp 4
Usk 1
Closed training prisons 166
Dispersal prisons 9
Parkhurst 5
Wakefield 3
Whitemoor 1
Category B trainers 19
Albany 6
Blundeston 2
Dartmoor 9
Maidstone 1
Swaleside 1
Category C trainers 138
Acklington 36
Aldington 6
Brockhill 6
Proved adjudications for drugs possession—January-March 1996 (provisional)
Number
Buckley Hall 8
Camp Hill 17
Downview 2
Elmley 1
Erlestoke 8
Guys Marsh 1
Highpoint 1
Holme House 1
Littlehey 1
Moorland 4
Ranby 7
Risley 21
Stafford 8
Stocken 1
Verne 3
Wayland 4
Wealstun 2
Young offender institutions 174
Closed young offender institutions 92
Aylesbury 5
Brinsford 21
Feltham 13
Glen Parva 19
Guys Marsh 1
Lancaster Farms 1
Moorland 11
Onley 6
Portland 7
Stoke Heath 8
Open young offender institutions 27
Thom Cross 25
Usk 2
Juvenile young offender institutions 55
Brinsford 20
Feltham 8
Lancaster Farms 2
Onley 5
Portland 5
Stoke Heath 3
Thorn Cross 3
Wetherby 9
FEMALE ESTABLISHMENTS
Adult Female establishments 16
Local prisons 16
New Hall 2
Risley 14

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