§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many first offenders have been convicted of unlawful possession of drugs in each of the last 10 years; and in how many cases they were sentenced to a period of imprisonment or detention.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI regret that police reports on past offences of this kind do not indicate whether a convicted person was a first offender, but I have arranged that the police should provide this information in future.