§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated number of people who take heroin; and what is known of their age and occupational status.
§ Mr. MellorBecause of the nature of the activity, it is not possible to make any reliable estimate of the total number of heroin users in the United Kingdom. The following information is available about addicts notified to the Chief Medical Officer at the Home Office by medical practitioners in accordance with statutory requirements during 1982. Information about their occupations is not available. Recent research commissioned by the Department of Health and Social
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Name Title or function Aded, Salem Said Salem* Official, Cultural Section Alhkimi, Ahmed Omran Khalifa* Official, Cultural Section Ameri, Abdulmagid Salah* Official, Administration Section Official Bashir, Ahmed Elmhdi* Official, Financial Section Daghais, Yousif Mohamed* Official, Administration Section El-Bakush, Issa Ahmed* Official, Administration Section El-Hinshiri, Shahata Mohamed* Official, Political Section Elmismari, Mikail Bin Saud Garage attendant Fernana, Mehdi Ahmed* Official, Consular and Commercial Section Official Fitury, Bashir Mohamed Abu Minigil* Official, Administration Section Gaaka, Omar Mohamed Post Room Clerk Giawad, Mohamed Mehemed Abdel* Official, Islamic Section Gratem, Ayad Ahmed* Official, Administration Section Hemmali, Abdulkarim Shogwara* Official, Administration Section Jalid, Ali Hassan* Official, Press Section Khebuli, Mufta Giuma Assistant Accountant Magtouf, Mustafa A.* Official, Administration Section Mghirbi, Mustaffa Abdussalam* Official, Political Section Mohamed, Ali Ibraik Accounts Clerk Nisser, Mehdi Ashur* Official, Cultural Section Omar, Otman Ahmed Ali* Official, Financial Section Oun, Mohamed Ali* Official, Political Section Rabha, Salah Abdessalem Ben Financial Section Ramadan, Mohamed Omar* Official, Financial Section Saleh, Hamed Salhen* Official, Consular and Commercial Section Sherif, Mohamed Hadi* Official, Political Section Stuka, Salah Eyad Clerk Tabulli Ahmed Mohamed A.* Official, Political Section Tuhami, Abdulgader Ali M.* Official, Consular and Commercial Section Zweit, Salem Ali* Official, Administration Section Security in two urban areas suggests that the figures derived from notifications in those areas may be an underestimate to at least a five-fold degree.
Drug Addicts notified to the Home Ofice during 1982 as addicted to heroin
United Kingdom Number of persons Addicts not Previously notified Addicts notified in an earlier year Total Under 20 233 22 255 20 and under 25 782 167 949 25 and under 30 635 334 969 30 and under 35 320 291 611 35 and under 50 88 72 160 50 and over 2 2 4 Not recorded 57 1 58 Total 2,117 889 3,006