§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions specialist investigation 85W staff or mobile teams have been called upon to serve on drug preventive duties in Cumbria over the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HayhoeSpecialist investigation staff do not carry out routine drug preventive duties. But on several occasions in the past two years investigators have pursued inquiries into alleged drug offences in Cumbria.
Mobile teams regularly operate in Cumbria as part of their normal duties which include drug preventive work. It would not be in the public interest to indicate the number of occasions on which they have concentrated on drug preventive duties.