Question reference: S6W-03171
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 October 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether a revised Addiction Prevalence Testing (APT) by the Scottish Prison Service remains set to be introduced in late 2021.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
Addictions Prevalence Testing has been reviewed and renamed Drug Trend Testing. Along with the testing of individuals being admitted and liberated from SPS custody in a given month, results from Rapiscan machines will also be analysed as part of Drug Trend Testing (DTT) in the SPS. DTT will take place in January 2022.