HC Deb 26 January 1998 vol 305 cc44-5W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons visiting prisons during 1997 were(a) found to be in possession of illegal drugs and (b) subsequently charged with an offence; and if he will make a statement. [25437]

Mr. George Howarth

In 1997, 1,179 arrests by the police of people visiting prisons in connection with possible drug-related offences were reported to Prison Service headquarters. The Prison Service does not record what action was subsequently taken by the police.

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