HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 c233W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the number of prisoners tested for drugs each month since March 1996, (b)the number of prisoners who have tested positive for each type of drug in each month since March 1996 and (c)the number of prisons testing for drugs each month since March 1996. [1499]

Mandatory and voluntary drug testing: numbers of prisoners tested and numbers positive for each drug group, March 1996 to September 1996
Number positive for each drug
Number tested Can Opi Ben Coc Amph Meth Bar LSD
March
6,482 1,869 472 116 13 16 17 2 0
April
6,419 1,488 483 140 17 15 24 2 0
May
6,960 1,495 515 209 22 21 32 3 1
June
6,777 1,384 517 189 25 12 23 4 0
July
7,448 1,623 675 173 17 10 29 4 0
August
6,596 1,404 534 143 32 15 19 1 0
September1
6,743 1,413 570 143 21 17 33 4 1
1 Figures for September are provisional.

Key:

  • Can = cannabis
  • Opi = opiates
  • Ben = benzodiazepines
  • Coc = cocaine
  • Amph = amphetamines
  • Meth = methadone
  • Bar = barbiturates
  • LSD = lysergic acid diethylamide