§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the levels of repeat offending among drug misusing offenders in each year since 1997. [5888]
§ Mr. DenhamThe New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) research programme provides estimates of repeat offending drug misusing offenders for the purpose of tracking the drugs strategy. Repeat offending drug misusing offenders are defined as the proportion of arrestees that are using heroin and/or cocaine/crack at least once a week and who have offended at least twice a month in the last 12 months. As yet estimates are available only for the financial year 1999–2000. The proportion of arrestees falling within the definition of repeat offending drug misusing offenders category is 15 per cent. Please note that this only represents the interim baseline result. A summary of the full baseline data will be available in due course.
§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the extent of access to drugs among five to 16-year-olds in each year since 1997. [5762]
§ Mr. DenhamThe survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among school children aged 11 to 15 years includes a question on whether children have been offered drugs.
Information on the proportion of 11 to 15-year-olds in England who were offered drugs is presented in the table. Information regarding younger children is not available centrally.
The data requested are available only for the years 1998–2000.
Percentage of 11 to 15 year olds in England who have been offered drugs Year Percentage 1998 34 1999 35 2000 35 Bases: 1998 = 4,751; 1999 = 8,795; 2000 = 7,089
Sources
Goddard, E. and Higgins, V. (1999) "Drug use, smoking and drinking among young teenagers in 1998".
London: The Stationery Office.
Goddard, E. and Higgins, V. (2000) "Drug use, smoking and drinking among young teenagers in 1999".
London: The Stationery Office.
Department of Health statistical Press Notice July 2001. "Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2000".