HC Deb 02 June 1998 vol 313 c180W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 19 May 1998,Official Report, column 352, what percentage of the total number of drug users of (a) cannabis, (b) ecstasy and (c) heroin he estimates are in contact with drug treatment services. [43890]

Ms Jowell

Because of the covert and illegal nature of drug taking it is impossible to measure the number of people who take drugs in the general population and therefore to estimate the percentage who attend drug treatment services.