Alcohol, Crime And Prisons (EDM415)

Alcohol, Crime And Prisons

EDM number 415 in 2003-04, proposed by Paul Stinchcombe on 14/01/2004.

That this House notes that about 40,000 of the 74,000 prisoners in England and Wales admit to hazardous drinking, carrying the risk of physical or mental harm, and that of these about half have a severe alcohol dependency; further notes that the latest British Crime Survey found that almost half of the victims of violent crime say the perpetrator was under the influence of alcohol at the time the offence was committed; further notes that the annual estimated cost of alcohol-related crime and disorder is around Ãº7.3 billion; is alarmed that the Prison Service has no alcohol harm reduction strategy and that a recent internal Prison Service survey found that just one of the 138 gaols in England and Wales had dedicated policies in place to provide treatment or support to prisoners with drink problems; understands that for all these reasons the Chief Inspector of Prisons has expressed concern that, at present, alcohol treatment programmes are tied into programmes designed for drug abuse so that there is nothing specifically ring-fenced for prisoners with alcohol problems; further notes, in particular, that on release from prison people with alcohol problems struggle to receive help because of the chronic shortage of services in the community; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government urgently to introduce an alcohol harm reduction strategy for the Prison Service, supported by the NHS, and backed up by sufficient extra investment to provide prisons with ring-fenced funding for programmes to assist offenders with alcohol problems.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Stinchcombe	14/01/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Proposed
Vera Baird	14/01/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	15/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/01/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	15/01/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	15/01/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/01/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/01/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	15/01/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	19/01/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	19/01/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/01/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	19/01/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ross Cranston	20/01/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/01/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	21/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	21/01/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	21/01/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	21/01/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	21/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	21/01/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	21/01/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bob Spink	21/01/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/01/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	21/01/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	22/01/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	22/01/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	22/01/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/01/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	26/01/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Green	26/01/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	27/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	27/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/01/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	29/01/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	29/01/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	29/01/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	29/01/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/02/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	04/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	04/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilton Dawson	05/02/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/02/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	12/02/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/02/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	01/03/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	02/03/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	17/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed

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