HC Deb 04 July 1985 vol 82 c240W
Mr. Amess

asked 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. Mellor

The 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.