§ Mr. MudieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was returned to the Treasury under the confiscation powers of(a) the Drug Trafficking Act 1986 and (b) the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in each financial year since their commencement.
§ Mr. JackThe information is given in the table:240W
Amount (£) recovered1 by the Secretary of Stale in confiscation orders under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988 by financial year England and Wales Year Amount recovered £ Drug Trafficking Offences Act 19862 1987–88 600,000 1988–89 1989–903 1,375,200 1990–913 1,448,000 1991–92 5,384,500 Criminal Justice Act 19884 1989–903 353,700 1990–913 437,100 1991–92 59,400 1 The information collected centrally is known to be incomplete as returns were not received from all petty sessional divisions. 2 Came into force January 1987. 3 There was some confusion with the recording of information regarding the two Acts during these years. In consequence it is considered that data has been under recorded for the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and over recorded from the Criminal Justice Act 1988. 4 Came into force April 1989.