Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 10409

Prisons: Drugs

Tabled: 22 October 2024

Answered: 28 October 2024

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of Class A drugs took place in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last three years.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Data on the number of incidents where Class A drugs were found in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last three years are provided in the attached table.The availability of drugs in prison is yet another sign of the prisons crisis the new...

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