§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prison inmates have been charged with possession of illegal drugs in each of the last three years. [28078]
§ Beverley HughesInformation on the number of prisoners charged is not collated centrally. Numbers of prisoners found guilty at adjudication of possessing a controlled drug are given in the table.
1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Males 2,551 2,185 1,781 Females 51 106 52 Total 2,602 2,291 1,833