§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many known class A drug addicts there were in England and Wales in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively; and if he will break the information down by county;
(2) how many known class A drug addicts there were in Scotland in the years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively; and if he will break the information down by county.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information on narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office relates to police force areas and is given, for the years 1980–83, in Tables 3.11 — 3.13 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables 1983". Provisional figures for new addicts notified in 1984 by police force area were given in the reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Mr. Wheeler) on 11 June 1985 at columns 394–395.