Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 190334
Prisons: Drugs
Tabled: 20 June 2023
Answered: 26 June 2023
Named DayQuestion
Steve Reed
Labour (Co-op) — Streatham and Croydon North
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with HM Prison Service on intelligence operations to disrupt the supply of drugs.
Answer
Damian HindsDisrupting the supply of drugs into prisons is a key priority and we recognise that the harm that drugs and other illicit substances can create, destabilising the prison regime, fuelling violence and undermining our efforts to rehabilitate prisoners.
We have regular conversations on supply disruption.