HC Deb 05 March 1996 vol 273 cc192-4W
Mr. Callaghan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of drug finds in each of the prisons in the Greater Manchester area in each of the last 12 months. [18257]

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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Jim Callaghan, dated 5 March 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 number of drug finds in prisons in the Greater Manchester area in each of the last 12 months.

The attached table shows the number of drug finds in Her Majesty's Prisons Hindley and Manchester for the period 1 February 1995 to 31 January 1996.

Reported drugs finds 1 February 1995 to 31 January 1996 HMP Hindley and HMP Manchester
Hindley Manchester Month totals
February
Barbiturate 1 —
Cannabis 9 4
Heroin — 1 15
March
Cannabis 10 5
Heroin — 1 16
April
Cannabis 7 2
Cocaine — 1
Heroin — 1 11
May
Cannabis 3 4
Cannabis
Plant — 1
Heroin 1 — 9
June
Amphetamine — 1
Cannabis 8 3
Heroin — 1 13
July
Cannabis 6 12
Heroin — 2
Other — 1 21
August
Amphetamine — 2
Cannabis 8 8
Cocaine 1 —
LSD — 1
Other 1 1 22
September
Cannabis 9 3
Cocaine — 2
Heroin — 2 16
October
Amphetamine — 1
Cannabis 8 3
Heroin — 1 13
November
Cannabis 13 4
Other — 2 19
December
Barbiturate 1 —
Cannabis 13 9 23
January
Cannabis 7 5
Cocaine — 1
Heroin — 1
Other 2 — 16
Total 108 86 194