HC Deb 18 May 1994 vol 243 c459W
Mr. Colin Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has now been seized as a consequence of convictions involving section 1 of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986.

Mr. Maclean

Information collected centrally is given in the table:

Amount (£) recovered1 by the Secretary of State in Confiscation orders

under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986

by financial year 1987–88—1992–93

England and Wales

Year Amount recovered £
1987–88 600,000
1988–89
1989–902 1,375,200
1990–912 1,448,000
1991–92 5,384,500
1992–93 5,180,900
1 The information collected centrally is known to be incomplete as returns were not received from all petty sessional divisions.
2 There was some confusion with the recording of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988 during these two years. In consequence it is considered that data has been under-recorded for the Drug Trafficking offence Act 1986 and over-recorded for the Criminal Justice Act 1988.