HC Deb 31 March 1983 vol 40 cc268-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug addicts were notified to him in each police authority area of the north-west in each of the past five years.

Mr. Mellor

The available information is given in the following table. Corresponding information for 1982 will be available later this year.

Narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office by police force area in the North-West Region
Police force area
Year Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
1977 10 3 26 15 33
1978 15 2 29 33 35

Police force area
Year Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
1979 17 3 33 67 22
1980 24 — 39 48 38
1981 31 5 54 82 67

Including notifications of addicts who were not previously known and renotifications of addicts known in earlier years.