Prisons: Drugs Mr. Burrowes To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many passive drug dogs are in operation in the Prison Service; where they are deployed; and what the strategic reason is for their deployment; (2) what the (a) capital and (b) annual cost is of (i) training and (ii) operating passive drug detection dogs for use by the Prison Service; (3) what the total cost to the Prison Service of the use of passive drug detection dogs has been. Mr. Hanson On 30 January there were a total of 228 passive drug dogs in operation in prisons in England and Wales. The following table shows where they are deployed. Passive drug dogs are used to assist in the searching for drugs in establishments in accordance with drug strategies set by area managers and governing governors. Costs are not collated centrally and gathering this information would incur disproportionate costs. However, a Passive Drug Dog team (handler and dog) costs approx £40,000 per annum including training. A dog purchase is around £1,000. Based on an approximate running cost of £40,000 per year, the total cost of 228 dogs is just over £9 million per annum. -------------------------------------- |High Security Estate |Number| -------------------------------------- |Belmarsh |3 | -------------------------------------- |Frankland |3 | -------------------------------------- |Full Sutton |3 | -------------------------------------- |Long Lartin |3 | -------------------------------------- |Manchester |3 | -------------------------------------- |Wakefield |3 | -------------------------------------- |Whitemoor |3 | -------------------------------------- |Woodhill |2 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |North East Area | | -------------------------------------- |Acklington |2 | -------------------------------------- |Castington |2 | -------------------------------------- |Deerbolt |2 | -------------------------------------- |Durham |6 | -------------------------------------- |Holme House |2 | -------------------------------------- |Low Newton |3 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |North West Area | | -------------------------------------- |Buckley Hall |2 | -------------------------------------- |Garth |2 | -------------------------------------- |Haverigg |2 | -------------------------------------- |Hindley |2 | -------------------------------------- |Kirkham |3 | -------------------------------------- |Lancaster |1 | -------------------------------------- |Liverpool |2 | -------------------------------------- |Preston |2 | -------------------------------------- |Risley |3 | -------------------------------------- |Styal |2 | -------------------------------------- |Thorn Cross |1 | -------------------------------------- |Wymott |3 | -------------------------------------- |Kennett |3 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and Humberside Area| | -------------------------------------- |Yorkshire Area Search Team |11 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |West Midlands Area | | -------------------------------------- |Birmingham |3 | -------------------------------------- |Blakenhurst |7 | -------------------------------------- |Brinsford |2 | -------------------------------------- |Drake Hall |1 | -------------------------------------- |Featherstone |1 | -------------------------------------- |Shrewsbury |2 | -------------------------------------- |Stafford |2 | -------------------------------------- |Stoke Heath |2 | -------------------------------------- |Swinfen Hall |2 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |East Midlands Area | | -------------------------------------- |Ashwell |1 | -------------------------------------- |Foston Hall |2 | -------------------------------------- |Gartree |2 | -------------------------------------- |Glen Parva |3 | -------------------------------------- |Leicester |2 | -------------------------------------- |Lincoln |2 | -------------------------------------- |Morton Hall |0 | -------------------------------------- |North Sea Camp |1 | -------------------------------------- |Nottingham |2 | -------------------------------------- |Onley |3 | -------------------------------------- |Ranby |3 | -------------------------------------- |Stocken |2 | -------------------------------------- |Sudbury |2 | -------------------------------------- |Wellingborough |2 | -------------------------------------- |Whatton |2 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |Eastern Area | | -------------------------------------- |Bedford |2 | -------------------------------------- |Blundeston |2 | -------------------------------------- |Bullwood Hall |1 | -------------------------------------- |Chelmsford |3 | -------------------------------------- |Edmunds Hill |2 | -------------------------------------- |Highpoint |2 | -------------------------------------- |Hollesley Bay |1 | -------------------------------------- |Littlehey |2 | -------------------------------------- |The Mount |2 | -------------------------------------- |Norwich |3 | -------------------------------------- |Warren Hill |1 | -------------------------------------- |Wayland |3 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |South West Area | | -------------------------------------- |Bristol |2 | -------------------------------------- |Channings Wood |2 | -------------------------------------- |Dartmoor |2 | -------------------------------------- |Dorchester |1 | -------------------------------------- |Eastwood Park |2 | -------------------------------------- |Erlestoke |1 | -------------------------------------- |Exeter |2 | -------------------------------------- |Gloucester |1 | -------------------------------------- |Guys Marsh |1 | -------------------------------------- |Leyhill |1 | -------------------------------------- |Portland |1 | -------------------------------------- |Shepton Mallet |1 | -------------------------------------- |The Verne |1 | -------------------------------------- |Wales Area | | -------------------------------------- |Cardiff |0 | -------------------------------------- |Swansea |1 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |South Central Area | | -------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |5 | -------------------------------------- |Aylesbury |1 | -------------------------------------- |Bullingdon |2 | -------------------------------------- |Coldingley |2 | -------------------------------------- |Downview |1 | -------------------------------------- |Grendon |1 | -------------------------------------- |High Down |1 | -------------------------------------- |Huntercombe |0 | -------------------------------------- |Kingston |2 | -------------------------------------- |Reading |1 | -------------------------------------- |Send |0 | -------------------------------------- |Winchester |2 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |Kent and Sussex Area | | -------------------------------------- |Elmley |1 | -------------------------------------- |Ford |1 | -------------------------------------- |Lewes |1 | -------------------------------------- |Maidstone |2 | -------------------------------------- |Rochester |1 | -------------------------------------- |Standford Hill |0 | -------------------------------------- |Swaleside |1 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |London Area | | -------------------------------------- |Brixton |0 | -------------------------------------- |Feltham |2 | -------------------------------------- |Holloway |2 | -------------------------------------- |Pentonville |2 | -------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |2 | -------------------------------------- |Wormwood Scrubs |1 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |Private Prisons | | -------------------------------------- |Altcourse |4 | -------------------------------------- |Ashfield |1 | -------------------------------------- |Bronzefield |1 | -------------------------------------- |Doncaster |2 | -------------------------------------- |Dovegate |2 | -------------------------------------- |Forest Bank |2 | -------------------------------------- |Lowdham Grange |2 | -------------------------------------- |Parc |2 | -------------------------------------- |Rye Hill |3 | -------------------------------------- |The Wolds |0 | -------------------------------------- |Peterborough |2 | -------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------- |Total |228 | --------------------------------------