Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 April 2009. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Prisons: Drugs
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what methodology is used in the random selection of prisoners for drug testing.
- Answer
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Names of those to be tested each month are generated at random by a computer programme contained within the Local Inmate Data System.Prisons are required to conduct all random tests from the random list. In a number of closely defined circumstances a prisoner may not be available for test. Prisons are then required, in order to meet the monthly testing target, to draw in strict order additional prisoners from a reserve list.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 491 c347W; 268862
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Drugs Prisons
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