Drugs Offences (Hansard, 18 May 1984)

§ Mr. Mellor

The information requested is given in the following table. Figures for 1983 are not available.

Type of offence	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Unlawful possession
Male	‡12,463	10,104	9,490	10,032	10,117	10,968	11,140	12,945	13,935	16,118
Female	‡2,020	1,617	1,508	1,652	1,647	1,648	1,712	1,979	1,954	2,127
Total	‡14,483	11,721	10,998	11,684	11,764	12,616	12,852	14,924	15,889	18,245
Permitting premises to be used for unlawful purposes
Male	548	409	325	334	290	295	310	310	240	229
Female	159	112	121	108	91	94	90	95	87	81
Total	707	521	446	442	381	389	400	405	327	310
Other Drugs Act offences
Male	37	79	136	115	183	183	188	239	303	362
Female	3	10	20	25	16	38	17	41	29	45
Total	40	89	156	140	199	221	205	280	332	407
All Drugs Act offences
Male	12,864	10,580	10,036	10,672	10,914	11,654	11,990	14,427	15,306	17,555
Female	2,116	1,717	1,626	1,791	1,818	1,814	1,917	2,320	2,252	2,387
Total	14,980	12,297	11,662	12,463	12,732	13,468	13,907	16,747	17,558	19,942
Unlawful import or export
Male	320	362	464	546	763	730	936	1,089	1,245	1,044
Female	65	69	73	123	119	131	124	204	245	219
Total	385	431	537	669	882	861	1,060	1,293	1,490	1,263
Other offences involving controlled drugs
Male	587	724	662	544	415	438	360	358	345	269
Female	146	134	139	119	95	85	73	67	77	66
Total	733	858	801	663	510	523	433	425	422	335
All drugs offences
Male	13,357	1,148	10,615	11,347	11,688	12,489	13,010	15,584	16,559	18,617
Female	2,255	1,846	1,742	1,945	1,970	1,974	2,062	2,546	2,522	2,622
Total	15,612	12,994	12,357	13,292	13,658	14,463	15,072	18,130	19,081	21,239
^* As the same person may be proceeded against for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce totals.
† This offence was introduced by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which came into force on 1 July 1973.
‡ Includes offences of procuring drugs committed before 1 July 1973 when the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 came into force.