Q. Prisons: Drugs

Prisons: Drugs

(asked on 30th June 2014) - View Source

Questioner

Baroness Chapman of Darlington
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents were recorded of illegal substances being confiscated by staff in each prison in England and Wales in each year between 2011 and 2013.

Answered by

Andrew Selous

This question was answered on 21st October 2014

I am sorry that the response to this question was delayed by a failure in the data collection system.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) takes the issue of all contraband in prisons extremely seriously and deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. These include targeted searching, random and targeted mandatory drug tests, the use of x-ray machines and CCTV surveillance cameras, Body Orifice Security Scanners to detect contraband secreted internally, and the imposition of closed (non-contact) visits. Prisoners found with prohibited items face swift and robust punishment. This can include having days added to their custody, being transferred to a different prison and losing privileges.

The table below shows the number of individual instances where a drug was recorded as being found including in cells in prisons in England and Wales in the timeframe requested.

Drug finds by establishment¹, 2007-2013

Establishment	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Acklington	60	117	68	76	0	0	0
Albany	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Altcourse	115	93	223	223	178	189	205
Ashfield	9	2	7	0	1	0	1
Ashwell	10	6	1	0	1	0	0
Askham Grange	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Aylesbury	2	9	10	20	9	8	10
Bedford	37	38	18	15	7	9	7
Belmarsh	14	19	24	15	9	9	3
Birmingham	27	20	12	2	1	38	60
Blakenhurst	126	63	0	0	0	0	0
Blantyre House	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Blundeston	26	17	0	0	0	0	0
Brinsford	6	17	5	0	10	25	34
Bristol	25	20	29	32	29	20	20
Brixton	11	27	27	21	30	17	9
Brockhill	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bronzefield	28	21	19	26	7	14	37
Buckley Hall	73	93	56	44	76	119	97
Bullingdon	38	40	35	53	37	29	41
Bullwood Hall	4	1	0	0	0	2	0
Bure	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Camp Hill	25	0	0	14	0	0	0
Canterbury	1	5	2	1	3	7	0
Cardiff	12	20	32	46	42	25	37
Castington	20	44	30	29	0	0	0
Channings Wood	36	28	33	31	31	35	27
Chelmsford	41	40	31	26	39	53	53
Coldingley	5	5	2	9	3	4	10
Cookham Wood	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dartmoor	5	20	17	10	9	4	6
Deerbolt	11	2	7	13	23	23	25
Doncaster	21	132	212	70	19	107	196
Dorchester	17	7	27	34	22	35	9
Dovegate	54	52	33	50	69	149	114
Dover	46	47	42	34	24	17	3
Downview	0	0	2	1	1	2	0
Drake Hall	13	4	5	16	4	3	4
Durham	175	189	142	19	109	189	17
Eastwood Park	1	0	1	2	0	0	16
Edmunds Hill	35	23	17	13	4	0	0
Elmley	74	71	46	70	46	56	26
Erlestoke	20	6	7	5	51	44	20
Everthorpe	32	28	29	33	35	31	49
Exeter	68	87	34	61	62	75	49
Featherstone	38	27	25	27	46	68	51
Feltham	48	78	58	8	12	19	10
Ford	90	115	140	84	117	108	95
Forest Bank	348	251	252	209	128	176	202
Foston Hall	11	10	6	1	2	2	6
Frankland	20	18	14	22	8	11	5
Full Sutton	1	2	3	5	12	3	0
Garth	33	86	86	78	47	71	76
Gartree	4	7	1	1	5	12	2
Glen Parva	40	46	40	24	11	20	4
Gloucester	30	40	14	21	15	7	0
Grendon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Guys Marsh	43	44	54	32	36	23	24
Haslar	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Hatfield	6	11	0	0	2	0	42
Haverigg	77	82	66	47	57	68	62
Hewell	13	22	7	103	114	113	55
High Down	2	5	0	5	11	2	5
Highpoint	127	78	42	34	32	102	75
Hindley	0	42	105	9	5	3	10
Hollesley Bay	19	27	12	1	0	1	0
Holloway	10	23	9	4	4	4	0
Holme House	165	202	93	69	79	72	36
Hull	45	42	7	8	3	12	8
Huntercombe	0	2	1	0	1	5	3
Isis	0	0	0	0	6	7	9
Isle Of Wight	0	0	0	0	12	24	12
Kennet	6	23	6	11	11	10	17
Kingston	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kirkham	78	73	86	127	122	145	157
Kirklevington Grange	8	34	29	32	35	45	19
Lancaster Castle	2	10	1	3	0	0	0
Lancaster Farms	11	12	8	5	5	1	4
Latchmere House	0	1	0	8	1	0	0
Leeds	16	24	6	18	19	78	58
Leicester	89	89	73	93	56	35	42
Lewes	91	92	79	29	30	21	26
Leyhill	38	28	63	40	31	30	23
Lincoln	52	57	34	30	21	14	21
Lindholme	58	42	13	18	32	40	24
Littlehey	3	2	3	2	0	1	6
Liverpool	20	25	14	14	9	5	1
Long Lartin	26	2	0	2	3	2	2
Low Newton	152	106	84	83	57	59	51
Lowdham Grange	210	105	25	17	44	76	71
Maidstone	29	25	5	2	1	3	1
Manchester	106	88	99	96	81	85	66
Moorland (Closed)	90	52	21	14	22	8	8
Morton Hall	3	11	1	2	5	50	54
New Hall	2	0	0	6	0	5	3
North Sea Camp	13	27	80	70	59	30	38
Northallerton	11	10	5	4	9	14	11
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	66	143	114
Norwich	41	6	0	3	1	19	1
Nottingham	36	68	53	34	54	72	43
Oakwood	0	0	0	0	0	16	104
Onley	45	31	27	50	62	51	43
Parc	55	42	91	47	31	76	79
Parkhurst	4	0	0	4	0	0	0
Pentonville	70	53	38	45	54	46	41
Peterborough	64	75	55	57	20	61	84
Portland	20	11	5	2	12	9	15
Prescoed	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Preston	171	211	142	104	72	72	70
Ranby	16	12	22	9	6	13	15
Reading	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Risley	145	79	27	71	33	39	36
Rochester	17	9	7	11	4	10	59
Rye Hill	22	11	43	51	22	45	74
Send	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shepton Mallet	0	0	1	0	4	1	0
Shrewsbury	17	17	20	9	1	2	0
Spring Hill	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Stafford	51	33	29	20	49	42	16
Standford Hill	5	7	10	34	52	39	26
Stocken	10	7	28	28	14	6	18
Stoke Heath	26	28	22	13	6	20	16
Styal	45	13	4	3	1	14	16
Sudbury	80	1	1	61	200	167	162
Swaleside	6	16	60	86	42	51	24
Swansea	2	4	10	3	1	1	19
Swinfen Hall	1	2	0	4	8	5	0
Thameside	0	0	0	0	0	18	106
The Mount	96	147	77	57	58	52	35
The Verne	4	6	13	9	17	29	3
Thorn Cross	7	2	2	7	2	1	0
Usk	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wakefield	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wandsworth	18	19	13	3	6	7	25
Warren Hill	5	7	6	3	2	3	3
Wayland	17	18	10	14	10	12	6
Wealstun	2	7	7	0	2	14	21
Wellingborough	52	56	17	9	9	5	0
Werrington	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wetherby	4	10	5	18	23	4	7
Whatton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Whitemoor	12	6	9	3	2	1	2
Winchester	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
The Wolds	112	75	74	73	38	43	44
Woodhill	11	13	4	0	0	0	1
Wormwood Scrubs	78	53	43	28	47	31	58
Wymott	62	21	20	10	7	10	2
Total	5047	4797	4056	3627	3450	4286	4070

1 No drugs were found at establishments not listed above

The table below refers to question 203139 and shows the number of prisoners being found in possession of drugs in England and Wales in the timeframe requested.

Number of prisoners found with drugs in possession by establishment¹, 2007-2013

Establishment	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Acklington	2	4	2	2	0	0	0
Altcourse	12	9	15	10	0	13	8
Ashfield	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ashwell	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Aylesbury	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bedford	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Belmarsh	1	1	3	0	1	0	0
Birmingham	2	0	2	0	0	4	8
Blakenhurst	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Blantyre House	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Blundeston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brinsford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bristol	1	4	3	1	2	0	1
Brixton	1	1	2	1	1	0	1
Brockhill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bronzefield	1	2	2	4	0	1	1
Buckley Hall	7	5	2	1	2	1	1
Bullingdon	3	2	7	2	1	2	2
Camp Hill	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Cardiff	0	0	2	7	3	1	3
Castington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Channings Wood	1	0	2	0	0	2	1
Chelmsford	3	3	1	0	1	4	1
Coldingley	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Deerbolt	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Doncaster	1	8	3	0	0	4	8
Dorchester	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Dovegate	4	0	1	10	0	1	7
Dover	2	8	12	5	4	4	0
Drake Hall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	15	23	36	2	16	10	5
Elmley	9	6	8	9	7	5	2
Erlestoke	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Everthorpe	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Exeter	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Featherstone	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Feltham	5	9	4	0	0	0	0
Ford	11	6	13	12	7	5	5
Forest Bank	6	12	26	29	0	5	2
Foston Hall	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Frankland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Garth	2	5	2	1	1	1	0
Gartree	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Glen Parva	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
Gloucester	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Grendon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Guys Marsh	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Haslar	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hatfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Haverigg	1	2	3	1	0	0	1
Hewell	0	0	1	2	0	2	3
High Down	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Highpoint	7	3	0	0	0	3	1
Hindley	0	4	2	1	1	0	1
Hollesley Bay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holloway	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
Holme House	10	18	13	2	4	3	1
Hull	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isle Of Wight	4	7	3	3	0	1	1
Kennet	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Kirkham	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
Kirklevington Grange	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Lancaster Castle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lancaster Farms	2	1	0	0	1	0	1
Leeds	3	5	2	3	1	7	6
Leicester	1	4	5	0	0	1	4
Lewes	2	0	1	0	1	1	2
Leyhill	7	2	3	0	1	2	1
Lincoln	3	1	1	1	0	1	1
Lindholme	1	1	0	0	2	2	1
Littlehey	4	3	4	2	0	1	0
Liverpool	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Low Newton	1	7	11	5	3	2	0
Lowdham Grange	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Maidstone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manchester	3	4	4	0	2	2	2
Morton Hall	2	3	1	0	0	1	1
New Hall	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
North Sea Camp	1	1	2	0	3	0	2
Northallerton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Norwich	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Nottingham	1	1	2	0	1	1	3
Oakwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Onley	0	0	0	4	3	5	4
Parc	4	3	4	2	0	0	4
Pentonville	5	2	1	1	3	1	1
Peterborough	3	1	2	0	0	3	6
Portland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preston	4	7	9	4	4	2	1
Ranby	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Risley	5	4	2	1	1	0	0
Rye Hill	0	0	1	3	0	2	0
Shrewsbury	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stafford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Standford Hill	2	2	1	5	5	0	0
Stocken	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Stoke Heath	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Styal	2	1	1	2	0	1	2
Sudbury	13	0	0	3	14	15	16
Swaleside	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Swansea	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thameside	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
The Mount	3	5	1	2	0	0	1
The Verne	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Thorn Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wakefield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wandsworth	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Warren Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayland	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wealstun	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Wellingborough	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Werrington	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wetherby	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
Whitemoor	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wolds	0	2	3	5	0	2	4
Woodhill	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wormwood Scrubs	4	3	3	0	0	0	2
Wymott	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
Total	216	245	251	165	118	158	153

1 No drugs were found at establishments not listed above

All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.

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