§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of prisoners were found to be free of illegal drugs in each of the prisons in which drug tests have been undertaken in the past two years. [34955]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Alan Walker to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 1 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the percentage of prisoners found to be free of illegal drugs in each of the prisons in which drug tests have been undertaken in the past two years.
Mandatory drug testing was introduced in eight first phase establishments from February 1995. From September 1995 to March 1996 the process of implementation to all other establishments was undertaken. Data on the full prison estate is therefore only available from April 1996 to date.
The attached table shows the percentage of prisoners providing a sample under the random mandatory drug testing programme which was found to be negative for drugs for each of the prisons from their date of commencement for mandatory drug testing to 10 June 1996. The number of prisoners tested to date at each prison is also shown.
A copy of this table has been placed in the Library.
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Establishment Numbers tested Percentage negative Acklington 210 58.57 Albany 220 91.82 Aldington 67 68.66 Ashwell 93 59.14 Askham Grange 57 85.96 Aylesbury 96 80.21 Bedford 107 62.62 Belmarsh 385 75.84 Birmingham 578 64.36 Blakenhurst 199 66.83 Blantyre House 55 94.55 Blundeston 140 64.29 Brinsford 233 64.38 Bristol 705 69.5 314W
Establishment Numbers tested Percentage negative Brixton 288 87.15 Brockhill 41 60.98 Buckley Hall 136 52.94 Bullingdon 301 60.80 Bullwood Hall 35 77.14 Camp Hill 44 68.19 Canterbury 196 72.94 Cardiff 70 51.76 Castington 180 85.56 Channings Wood 80 87.50 Chelmsford 143 56.64 Coldingley 175 61.11 Cookham Wood 92 94.57 Dartmoor 177 78.53 Deerbolt 185 82.16 Doncaster 242 66.94 Dorchester 77 45.45 Downview 169 95.27 Drake Hall 106 67.92 Durham 321 53.58 East Sutton Park 46 84.78 Elmley 502 64.34 Erlestoke House 126 66.67 Everthorpe 292 68.84 Exeter 83 73.58 Featherstone 202 47.03 Feltham 627 64.91 Ford 130 86.92 Frankland 150 58.67 Full Sutton 166 62.65 Gloucester 31 64.52 Gartree 113 69.91 Glen Parva 356 77.81 Garth 363 63.36 Grendon/Spring Hill 148 80.41 Guys Marsh 119 68.07 Haslar 86 98.84 Hatfield 93 91.40 Haverigg 378 75.93 Hewell Grange 73 90.41 Highdown 307 67.10 Highpoint 255 67.45 Hindley 166 75.30 Hollesley Bay 133 72.18 Holloway 632 78.16 Holme House 391 48.85 Hull 166 67.47 Huntercombe 142 78.17 Kingston 69 84.06 Kirkham 168 77.98 Kirklevington Grange 36 86.11 Lancaster 128 67.92 Lancaster Farms 264 79.92 Latchmere House 100 94.00 Leeds 79 63.29 Leicester 74 63.51 Lewes 157 63.70 Leyhill 213 84.04 Lincoln 243 66.26 Lindholme 530 65.10 Littlehey 384 78.65 Liverpool 217 66.82 Long Lartin 169 63.31 Low Newton 55 49.09 Maidstone 322 72.95 Manchester 330 70.91 Moorland 332 82.92 Morton Hall 60 88.33 The Mount 125 68.00 New Hall 84 80.95 Northallerton 155 71.61 North Sea Camp 77 77.92 Norwich 117 57.26
Establishment Numbers tested Percentage negative Nottingham 78 63.85 Onley 213 92.96 Oxford 36 88.89 Parkhurst 68 73.53 Pentonville 997 61.08 Portland 242 89.67 Preston 258 60.85 Ranby 262 59.54 Reading 97 71.13 Risley 582 65.30 Rochester 447 94.85 Send 86 77.91 Shepton Mallet 75 48.00 Shrewsbury 52 80.77 Stafford 356 71.07 Standford Hill 93 72.04 Stocken 156 76.28 Stoke Heath 401 85.29 Styal 203 84.73 Sudbury/Foston 316 84.18 Swaleside 358 61.73 Swansea 85 47.06 Swinfen Hall 99 71.72 Thorn Cross 150 77.33 Usk 147 93.20 The Verne 23 56.52 Wakefield 849 79.15 Wandsworth 337 90.21 Wayland 805 65.34 Wealstun 202 68.32 Wellingborough 118 64.41 Werrington 60 81 67 Wetherby 61 95.08 Whatton 160 92.50 Whitemoor 187 81.82 Winchester 287 72.82 Wolds 131 73.28 Woodhill 205 71.22 Wormwood Scrubs 372 75.81 Wymott 174 90.23