§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have tested positive for using class A drugs as a result of mandatory drug testing over the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [23173]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Elfyn Llwyd, dated 29 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners who have tested positive for using class A drugs in the last 12 months.
Between February 1995 and January 1996 there were 470 random test results positive for opiates, methadone, cocaine and LSD, the class A drugs tested for. Results for February 1996 are not yet available.