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Written question asked by Angela Watkinson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 November 2002. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 November 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.


Home Office

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in the initiative to ban visitors found smuggling drugs into prisons; and how many visitors were banned during the last six months; what assessment he has made of the effect of introducing CCTV in visits areas on the amounts of drugs smuggled into prisons; what assessment he has made of the effect on drug availability in prisons of passive and active drug dogs; what assessment he has made of the effect of the low furniture initiative in prison visits areas on the amount of drugs being smuggled into prisons.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
395 c252W; 82146;82145;82144;82181
Session
2002-03
Subjects
CCTV Dogs Drugs Prisoners Prisons Smuggling HM Prison Service Visits
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk