Drug Smuggling (Hansard, 6 March 2000)

HC Deb 06 March 2000 vol 345 cc520-1W 521W

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were charged with drug smuggling offences in the UK during 1999. [112804]

§ Dawn Primarolo
2,271 persons.

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) men and (b) women were (i) charged, (ii) convicted and (iii) imprisoned for drug smuggling offences in the UK during 1999. [113083]

§ Dawn Primarolo
In 1999, 1,813 men and 458 women were charged by Customs and Excise for drug smuggling offences. 1,072 people were convicted and 941 sentenced to imprisonment. A breakdown by gender of those convicted and sentence is not held centrally. The figures for convictions and sentences do not necessarily relate to the same cases as those for charges.