Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 20 May 2024.
Siobhain McDonagh
Labour, Mitcham and Morden
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of random mandatory drug tests gave a positive result in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution in the last 12 months.
Edward Argar
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
Figures for random Mandatory Drug Testing (rMDT) for 2023/24 cannot be released at this time, as rMDT data for April 2023 - March 2024 is subject to future publication in the 2023-24 HMPPS Annual Digest, to be published in July 2024.
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