United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7944
Prisons: Drugs
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5 January 2024
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15 January 2024 · Answer
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15 January 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the pilot scheme to test wastewater for illegal drug use in prisons launched by his Department in 2021.
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5 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the pilot scheme to test wastewater for illegal drug use in prisons launched by his Department in 2021.
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15 January 2024
Answer
We are committed to identifying and tackling drug misuse in prisons, including through a range of drug testing approaches. In 2021, we undertook a small-scale proof of concept study at 13 prisons to understand wastewaters utility in detecting the presence...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/7944
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1679587
- uk · wq-1679587 · source updated 15 January 2024