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Prisoners: Heroin

Answer

NOMS records centrally the number of drugs and drug taking paraphernalia seized in prisons but this cannot be disaggregated to provide the number of (a) drug caches, including heroin and (b) needles used for drug taking seized in each prison in the last 10 years without incurring disproportionate cost.Data relating to (d) how many prisoners who on a first test did not test positive for heroin use but subsequently tested positive for such use are not available.The data for how many samples tested positive for opiate use, including heroin, under the prison mandatory drug testing programme in each prison in the last 10 financial years is shown in the following table. To disaggregate the data to show those samples positive for heroin from those positive for other opiates would require a detailed investigation of every prison's locally held records, which would be at disproportionate cost.The figures contained in the table have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing data, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. This data are not subject to audit. A space indicates that there was no testing in that period at that establishment.

Positive drug tests due to opiates across the prison estate from 2000 to 2010
Financial year	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Acklington	76	80	28	25	39	41	28	24	29	25
Albany	1	2	0	10	5	6	17	13	18	20
Altcourse	76	120	92	75	88	74	127	231	154	122
Ashfield	29	31	10	10	3	3	12	7	0	4
Ashwell	99	31	20	21	39	39	25	15	30	11
Askham Grange	13	20	6	0	15	9	13	9	3	6
Aylesbury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bedford	55	57	19	25	25	40	75	44	28	26
Belmarsh	102	91	68	22	35	24	38	33	25	21
Birmingham	273	96	29	141	172	124	203	121	94	91
Blakenhurst	305	216	396	214	287	378	245	237	—	—
Blantyre House	1	4	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	2
Blundeston	16	34	21	10	17	27	21	29	26	28
Brinsford	14	15	16	5	3	0	0	1	0	1
Bristol	40	41	25	18	52	26	44	57	56	48
Brixton	116	77	51	36	32	52	53	42	80	97
Brockhill	27	15	22	19	25	29	18	15	—	—
Bronzefield	—	—	—	—	26	28	33	18	8	13
Buckley Hall	72	57	30	33	33	21	86	139	57	27
Bullingdon	82	75	24	59	59	94	86	131	90	136
Bullwood Hall	25	16	24	1	3	1	1	0	0	1
Bure	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Camp Hill	88	60	17	17	27	20	25	29	43	31
Canterbury	66	55	47	26	17	43	21	1	2	0
Cardiff	55	45	32	42	33	60	99	101	48	48
Castington	3	6	7	3	3	5	2	0	2	0
Channings Wood	39	53	4	5	23	11	33	50	67	73
Chelmsford	23	38	13	12	37	44	35	39	34	22
Coldingley	18	25	25	18	44	46	42	44	53	70
Cookham Wood	23	7	9	2	15	12	13	2	0	0
Dartmoor	23	50	53	26	41	24	51	78	81	40
Deerbolt	9	8	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
Doncaster	224	318	177	222	154	144	236	133	63	72
Dorchester	24	28	13	22	15	21	29	23	2	13
Dovegate	—	57	70	74	84	120	139	185	103	80
Dover	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Downview	32	10	38	20	32	23	5	22	37	18
Drake Hall	11	31	21	10	26	13	33	23	7	12
Durham	110	80	38	20	20	34	41	57	43	44
East Sutton Park	8	11	0	6	3	7	0	2	4	2
Eastwood Park	60	15	6	25	21	37	47	38	34	23
Edmonds Hill	—	—	—	16	17	14	13	22	25	32
Elmley	192	136	79	37	75	55	74	158	162	122
Erlestoke	35	30	18	18	28	35	32	45	54	37
Everthorpe	98	91	39	33	40	41	103	97	50	34
Exeter	35	39	10	12	12	18	17	17	18	10
Featherstone	102	65	39	19	38	59	101	224	86	63
Feltham	2	4	1	0	2	5	8	3	2	5
Ford	21	24	38	32	29	63	64	74	30	31
Forest Bank	199	213	138	177	261	349	360	363	200	155
Foston Hall	89	35	5	9	29	25	22	19	8	19
Frankland	56	61	34	25	38	23	31	61	33	50
Full Sutton	48	60	29	28	34	20	39	48	37	30
Garth	99	85	29	18	48	88	74	76	97	81
Gartree	26	12	6	16	15	14	29	23	12	25
Glen Parva	78	50	13	3	6	4	1	4	1	2
Gloucester	25	18	33	11	30	20	29	50	23	20
Grendon	1	5	3	11	6	8	10	5	2	4
Guys Marsh	37	23	25	28	30	25	45	62	83	98
Haslar	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Haverigg	50	72	44	18	50	77	63	106	152	83
Hewell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	59
Hewell Grange	18	4	7	17	19	19	8	6	—	—
High Down	208	77	42	44	65	59	23	31	31	65
Highpoint	55	63	42	22	38	50	104	76	77	28
Hindley	3	8	2	3	2	3	4	5	2	9
Hollesley Bay	14	5	10	13	9	17	9	14	27	16
Holloway	38	25	13	11	16	25	33	15	23	32
Holme House	116	77	59	71	50	31	48	80	50	61
Hull	51	43	35	19	48	52	27	34	15	6
Huntercombe	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kennet	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	29	21
Kingston	9	16	8	7	15	18	26	23	12	10
Kirkham	47	47	48	70	46	41	65	51	44	23
Kirklevington	7	5	5	0	18	3	7	7	6	7
Lancaster	46	71	66	20	30	14	29	43	27	20
Lancaster Farms	2	3	2	4	4	1	1	1	1	0
Latchmere House	13	0	2	5	3	3	3	2	2	1
Leeds	159	126	97	117	123	70	50	61	56	61
Leicester	58	39	13	16	23	15	23	14	15	23
Lewes	116	92	25	45	59	63	101	130	98	73
Leyhill	72	97	69	114	100	63	52	56	51	37
Lincoln	89	61	24	39	94	58	27	51	48	37
Lindholme	77	52	75	30	49	35	52	83	40	35
Littlehey	49	25	11	14	15	11	16	24	20	18
Liverpool	309	228	207	245	368	374	216	220	144	84
Long Lartin	116	125	90	73	64	76	77	82	44	32
Low Newton	79	58	29	16	31	40	12	16	9	6
Lowdham Grange	58	68	28	25	36	55	59	79	60	49
Maidstone	22	27	23	37	32	58	40	52	37	9
Manchester	249	243	214	190	153	161	102	126	104	160
Moorland	30	38	29	23	34	20	31	43	18	3
Moorland Open	6	10	3	11	16	32	7	6	3	5
Morton Hall	5	23	10	12	6	7	9	3	2	4
Mount	47	55	63	24	52	181	185	117	86	61
New Hall	44	32	12	16	36	28	21	21	8	21
North Sea Camp	20	26	18	44	30	36	30	8	8	12
Northallerton	8	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Norwich	67	53	27	22	37	30	28	16	18	29
Nottingham	86	56	39	33	25	63	79	106	55	28
Onley	2	0	3	0	15	32	45	45	19	12
Parc	19	4	12	26	14	18	18	23	18	65
Parkhurst	57	34	37	30	21	37	25	26	27	15
Pentonville	103	173	85	53	92	115	105	130	109	100
Peterborough Female	—	—	—	—	—	52	48	31	31	19
Peterborough Male	—	—	—	—	—	55	133	178	90	113
Portland	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Preston	110	69	35	35	93	115	95	84	69	50
Ranby	82	64	62	40	43	50	108	198	83	56
Reading	2	4	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	0
Risley	155	165	190	149	194	163	105	88	80	60
Rochester	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rye Hill	1	89	19	27	28	27	57	42	34	33
Send	12	14	4	5	15	3	14	23	13	5
Shepton Mallet	26	17	17	2	4	2	0	6	5	2
Shrewsbury	80	42	68	64	67	38	62	42	50	29
Spring Hill	13	9	7	9	20	33	15	16	18	10
Stafford	162	140	84	69	78	134	141	110	43	26
Standford Hill	23	38	28	23	31	46	70	24	23	16
Stocken	107	84	15	10	21	23	37	54	21	28
Stoke Heath	4	0	2	2	1	4	2	3	1	1
Styal	70	90	36	39	83	141	202	96	44	50
Sudbury	89	117	91	108	128	86	70	112	65	69
Swaleside	121	99	33	47	109	63	56	118	63	70
Swansea	7	22	20	21	21	12	9	24	22	16
Swinfen Hall	3	1	0	0	7	6	5	2	0	0
Thorn Cross	5	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
Usk/Prescoed	5	7	8	15	18	24	23	17	13	24
Verne	21	25	4	7	23	10	4	9	10	15
Wakefield	14	3	5	6	8	8	16	29	17	22
Wandsworth	101	108	55	74	86	61	52	49	75	65
Warren Hill	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayland	42	57	30	26	13	23	36	33	46	50
Wealstun	112	69	77	29	63	53	53	41	30	14
Weare	44	42	16	7	10	8	—	—	—	—
Wellingborough	129	65	17	11	31	26	31	55	42	43
Wellington	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wetherby	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Whatton	5	2	2	2	3	3	4	9	9	8
Whitemoor	103	100	48	26	34	24	59	60	37	30
Winchester	72	39	10	27	35	24	20	29	36	68
Wolds	26	26	13	21	18	20	27	36	26	23
Woodhill	40	58	14	25	36	32	60	80	80	86
Wormwood Scrubs	38	30	24	54	73	57	72	44	70	53
Wymott	89	60	26	73	125	156	98	134	92	83

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

23257; 518 c413-8W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Prisons Heroin

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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