HC Deb 16 March 2000 vol 346 cc291-2W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the amount of heroin which was sent via Kosovo in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement; [114929]

(2) how much heroin sourced from Kosovo has been surrendered at UK ports by HM Customs and Excise in the past 12 months; [114926]

(3) what is his estimate of the percentage of heroin sold in the (a) UK and (b) EEC which came from smuggling through Kosovo in the last 12 months. [114928]

Mr. Timms

There is no evidence that any heroin detected in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months has originated from, or transited through, any area of the former Yugoslavia.

HM Customs and Excise hold no data on heroin seizures in the EU either sourced from or transiting through Kosovo or any area of the former Yugoslavia.