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Prison Service
Richard Baker (Labour) | Question S3W-40226
To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been in each prison in each month since January 2010, broken down by type of drug
Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party)
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table illustrates the number of drug finds recorded in each month 2010 broken down by establishment. SPS does not carry out analysis on substances found. These are sent to the police for either further investigation or disposal as appropriate.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Aberdeen | 10 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Addiewell | 41 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| Barlinnie | 17 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Cornton Vale | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| Dumfries | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Edinburgh | 21 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 28 |
| Glenochil | 6 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 7 |
| Greenock | 7 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Inverness | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 29 |
| Open Estate | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Perth | 8 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| Shotts | 15 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 12 |