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Question follow-through · 53490

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times were drugs were found in (a) men's and (b) women's prisons in each year between 2015 and 2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
28 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times were drugs were found in (a) men's and (b) women's prisons in each year between 2015 and 2024.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested can be found via the following link: 08_Finds_drug_type_data_tool.ods.In the pivot table, “Prison Name” should be entered in the rows and “Month” in columns to find the number of incidents by prison.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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