HC Deb 12 July 1999 vol 335 c72W
29. Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the level of drug abuse in prisons. [89240]

Mr. George Howarth

The result of random mandatory drug testing (MDT) provide the best information available on the level of drug misuse in prison. In 1998–99, 18.3 per cent. of random MDT samples were positive for drugs; well within the KPI target of 20 per cent. for that year.