§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of United States service men based in the United Kingdom who have been charged with drug offences for each year since 1978, indicating in each case whether the men were based at (a) Royal Air Force stations, (b) the naval base at Holy loch and (c) other naval bases.
§ Mr. MellorThe following table gives the available information collected in the course of producing the statistics of drugs offenders published annually in a statistical bulletin—(Issue 13/83 for 1982). Details of the establishments at which these people were employed are not collected centrally. Information for 1983 is not yet available.
Nationals of the United States employed in military establishments proceeded against for drugs offences* United Kingdom Number ofpersons 1978 180 1979 183 1980 141 1981 134 1982 63 * The figures may be incomplete because occupation or nationality were not recorded for a small proportion of all drug offenders.