§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of drug addicts in each regional health authority each year since 1979.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of addicts notified by doctors to the Home Office are given for each regional health authority and the years 1987 to 1990 in table A7 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs: Addicts Notified to the
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Persons found guilty of drugs offences by police force area and year1 England and Wales Number of persons Police force 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 England Avon and Somerset 319 383 388 542 396 374 358 410 350 336 560 164 Bedfordshire 50 77 69 75 100 79 110 96 74 74 126 137 Cambridgeshire 317 300 275 169 152 108 151 164 159 132 156 234 Cheshire 110 171 144 184 206 298 223 209 411 395 511 324 Cleveland 104 118 84 58 41 57 98 78 69 90 95 93 Cumbria 130 174 246 374 288 289 335 293 290 364 376 326 Derbyshire 92 107 130 124 81 144 167 95 148 127 129 219 Devon and Cornwall 322 432 363 464 505 474 696 545 588 599 651 689 Dorset 115 161 162 224 183 222 197 129 91 64 132 165 Durham 51 60 49 59 89 76 62 34 63 67 80 61 Essex 129 240 219 259 249 323 344 162 204 255 325 400 Gloucestershire 157 202 183 207 213 248 194 128 143 108 167 154 Greater Manchester 410 519 886 769 874 919 1,019 880 1,006 964 1,301 1,356 Hampshire 397 332 432 282 336 339 315 342 250 328 241 214 Hertfordshire 167 197 222 224 256 295 313 213 194 205 371 336 Home Office, United Kingdom, 1990—Area Tables", a copy of which is in the Library. Figures for earlier years are not available by regional health authority.
§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug-related convictions there were in each police area in England and Wales since 1979.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is given in the table.
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Police force 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Humberside 109 147 180 152 200 202 260 177 194 201 207 264 Kent 166 235 244 223 204 259 308 251 302 202 202 96 Lancashire 271 363 351 324 354 291 425 373 344 256 317 585 Leicestershire 253 249 225 55 164 178 211 224 178 199 183 192 Lincolnshire 62 72 65 58 82 42 51 46 77 77 116 186 Merseyside 247 269 237 276 434 586 1,059 724 725 845 1,078 1,399 Metropolitan Police (including City of London 4,315 5,608 6,033 7,485 8,469 7,925 6,678 5,341 4,476 5,810 6,672 6,329 Norfolk 195 263 156 114 197 153 176 202 162 217 272 391 Northamptonshire 87 117 105 68 73 66 77 89 67 52 58 105 Northumbria 179 122 203 169 134 159 221 169 183 175 223 289 North Yorkshire 84 86 122 135 125 165 162 145 162 67 94 109 Nottinghamshire 109 150 161 233 191 154 147 158 217 165 143 145 South Yorkshire 175 145 180 236 144 257 298 283 336 238 324 351 Staffordshire 59 93 65 56 66 160 220 116 114 156 180 235 Suffolk 146 242 200 188 196 155 157 160 211 195 272 244 Surrey 219 284 305 254 287 351 406 306 254 236 391 361 Sussex 489 516 578 521 631 519 458 364 506 431 731 860 Thames Valley 466 479 408 514 488 514 608 536 543 643 770 911 Warwickshire 64 83 78 127 74 88 86 82 82 120 131 171 West Mercia 166 263 187 152 230 233 156 354 224 285 266 376 West Midlands 234 288 393 452 612 702 663 508 469 771 823 1,148 West Yorkshire 327 347 362 432 607 361 395 552 573 608 596 942 Wiltshire 121 124 166 137 149 252 147 112 83 106 120 103 Total England 11,413 14,018 14,856 16,375 18,080 18,017 17,951 15,050 14,522 16,163 19,390 20,664 Wales Dyfed-Powys 191 200 163 157 180 222 212 154 182 157 165 186 Gwent 103 124 111 152 101 132 134 125 114 131 118 144 North Wales 83 196 172 260 252 205 276 187 207 265 404 375 South Wales 228 278 319 418 575 736 597 419 532 586 657 578 Total Wales 605 798 765 987 1,108 1,295 1,219 885 1,035 1,139 1.314 1,283 1 Excludes offenders prosecuted for offences dealt with by HM Customs and Excise, British Transport Police, British Airports Authority and Port of London Authority (England) and all those cautioned or dealt with by compounding for drugs offences.