HC Deb 27 November 1968 vol 774 cc139-40W
Mr. Peter M. Jackson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of occasions on which the Metropolitan Police have used their powers of search under the Drugs (Prevention and Misuse) Act, 1964 and the number of convictions following such searches.

Mr. Elysian Morgan

This information is not readily available. In 1967, however, 955 people were convicted of offences under the Drugs (Prevention and Misuse) Act, 1964 in the Metropolitan Police District.