§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the percentage of boys aged 14 and 15 years using cannabis in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [108061]
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§ Ms BlearsSince 1982, the Department of Health has commissioned a series of national surveys of secondary school children in England. The information available is shown in the tables.
Percentage of pupils who have used cannabis in the last year: England Boys All aged 11–15 Age 14 Age 15 1998 11 15 28 1999 11 15 29 2000 13 18 30 20011 14 19 32 20021,2 14 3n/a 3n/a
Girls All aged 11–15 Age 14 Age 15 1998 9 13 24 1999 10 14 25 2000 11 16 25 20011 12 19 30 20021,2 12 3n/a 3n/a
Boys and Girls All aged 11-15 Age 14 Age 15 1998 10 14 26 1999 11 15 28 2000 12 17 28 20011 13 19 31 20021,2 13 20 31
Total time spent in major A&E departments, NHS Trusts in England, 2002–03 October to December (Q3) Year Quarter STHA OrgID Name Total attendances at major A&E Percentage of patients who spent less than four hours in A&E 2002–03 3 England 2,882,500 78 2002–03 3 Q01 RGQ Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 13,357 80 2002–03 3 Q01 RGR West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 8,945 81 Source:
Department of Health dataset QMAE
Status:
Published 12 March 2003
Total time spent in major A&E departments, NHS Trusts in England, 2002–03 July to September (Q2) Year Quarter Dataset STHA OrgID Name Total attendances at major A&E Percentage of patients who spent less than four hours in A&E 2002–03 2 QMAE England 3,095,650 77 2002–03 2 QMAE Q01 RGQ Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 14,083 81 2002–03 2 QMAE Q01 RGR West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 10,246 83 Source:
Department of ealth dataset QMAE
Status:
New dataset
440W1Estimates from 2001 onwards are not comparable with estimates from previous years because of the change in the way that drug use were measured.
22002 estimates are preliminary results. Final estimates for 2002 are planned to be published in summer 2003.
3The percentage of pupils who have used cannabis in 2002 are not vet available by age group for boys and girls separately.
Sources:
"Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2000"—(Department of Health) published by The Stationery Office ISBN 0 11 322562 8 http://www.doh.gov.uk/public/ englandsmoking.pdf.
"Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2001"—(Department of Health) published by The Stationery Office ISBN 0 11 322591 1 http://www.doh.gov.uk/public/ sddsurvey01.pdf
The Department of Health Statistical Press Notice "Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2002: Provisional Results" http://www.doh.gov.uk/public/spnmar03-smoking. pdf