HC Deb 14 December 1999 vol 341 cc152-3W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the drug-free units in prisons in England and Wales; and how many inmates are held in each of these units. [102403]

Mr. Boateng

The table shows the prisons with a designated voluntary testing unit or discrete area in prisons in England and Wales, and the number of places within each unit.

Total number of drug-free units in prisons in England and Wales and the number of prisoners held in each of these units
Establishment Number of places
Aldington 20
Altcourse 140
Bedford 28
Belmarsh 55
Blundeston 120
Bristol 115
Brockhill 20
Buckley Hall 66
Bullingdon 83
Channings Wood 149
Dartmoor 30
Doncaster 180
Down View 343
Drake Hall 19
Elmley 68
Everthorpe 134
Featherstone 116
Frankland 240
Full Sutton 116
Haverigg 112
High Down 55
High Point 32
Hindley 70
Holme House 129
Hull 106
Lancaster 16
Leicester 30
Lewes 1
Lindholme 169
Liverpool 268
Long Lartin 72
Maidstone 68
Manchester 416
Mount 260
New Hall 67

Total number of drug-free units in prisons in England and Wales and the number of prisoners held in each of these units
Establishment Number of places
North Sea Camp 31
Northallerton 32
Norwich 143
Parc 180
Parkhurst 224
Pentonville 110
Portland 72
Ranby 72
Reading 20
Risley 77
Send 60
Shrewsbury 140
Standford 40
Stocken 160
Styal 57
Sudbury 120
Swaleside 72
Swinfen Hall 60
Verne 168
Wandsworth 68
Wayland 149
Wealstun 60
Weare 50
Wellingborough 180
Whitemoor 126
Winchester 24
Wolds 125
Woodhill 1
Total (63) 6,632
1Number of prisoners held not available