§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his most recent calculation of the numbers of people who have died in each of the past five years as a result of using(a) cocaine, (b) ketamine, (c) khat, (d) amphetamines, (e) magic mushrooms, (i) solvents and (g) glue. [989]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 30 October 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from John Fox to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 31 October 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the ONS to reply to your recent question asking for the numbers of people who have died in each of the past five years as a result of using (a) cocaine, (b) ketamine, (c) khat, (d) amphetamines, (e) magic mushrooms, (f) solvents and (g) glue.The Director has asked me to respond in his absence.The numbers of deaths in 1991 and 1992 as a result of using cocaine, ketamine, khat, amphetamines, magic mushrooms*, solvents and glue are published in Table 10 of "Mortality statistics: injury and poisoning, England and Wales", Series DH4, nos 17 and 18, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.The information for 1993, 1994 and 1995 could only be provided at disproportionate cost.