questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for what reason the mandatory drug testing panel wasn't updated in 2022-23.
answerText: The Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) panel is updated when a new drug type is known to be prevalent within the prison estate, or where a new drug poses a significant threat to the safety and security of prison regimes. For the panel to be updated, HMPPS’s con...
heading: Prisons: Drugs