Drug Addicts (Hansard, 30 March 2001)

HC Deb 30 March 2001 vol 365 c857W 857W

§ Mrs. Gorman
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will estimate the number of drug addicts in the UK. [156203]

§ Mr. Stringer
The number of problematic drug users—usually characterised as'addicts'—in the mid-to-late 1990s, has been estimated at 266,000 for England, Scotland and Wales.