Written question asked by George Howarth (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 January 1997. It was answered by Ann Widdecombe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 January 1997 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: If she will list (a) the number of prisoners (i) randomly tested for drugs, (ii) tested for drugs on suspicion, (iii) tested for drugs while on risk assessment, (iv) tested for drugs while on frequent testing, (v) tested for drugs on reception and (vi) voluntarily tested for drugs in each month prior to March 1996 and (b) the number of these prisoners who have tested positive for each type of drug for each of the above categories; and other questions on the number of multiple drug positives from a single sample since mandatory drug testing began; and the number of prisoners tested for drugs in each month since September 1996. - Will write.

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