§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current recorded total receipts of fines collected for those charged with the use of cannabis.
§ Mr. MellorThis information is not available. However, information about the amount of fines imposed in individual cases for a principal drugs offence of unlawful possession of cannabis in 1982, the latest year for which the information is available, is given in table 3.4 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables, 1982".
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current recorded total cost of imprisonment for those people convicted of the use of cannabis.
§ Mr. HurdIt is not possible to provide the information in the form requested by the hon. Member, since the costs of holding individual classes of person within prison establishments are not available. During 1982–83 the average weekly cost of keeping a person in prison establishments was £218. Information on the number of persons given sentences of unsuspended imprisonment for principal drugs offences of unlawful possession of cannabis in 1982 is given in table 3.3 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables 1982".