Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 February 2003. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 February 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of statistical analysis of random drug tests at Deepcut and Catterick Barracks in each year since they were first introduced. - Inc fact that data not stored in required format. Will write.

Answer: Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the result was of statistical analysis of random drug tests at Deepcut and Catterick Barracks in each year since they were first introduced. [94718] Dr. Moonie: The Army does not store the required data in a format that enables the information to be easily scrutinized. As it will take some time for officials to extract the data required, I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

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