§ 35. Mr. Roger Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of recorded convictions for drug offences in the first six months of the current year; and how this compares with previous years.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on convictions for offences involving controlled drugs is available only for calendar years. The latest available information relates to 1982 and was published in "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs in the United Kingdom, 1982" (Home Office statistical bulletin issue 13/83) a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. The bulletin giving data for 1983 will be published during August.