§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of registered drug addicts in (a) England and Wales and (b) Essex and Basildon; and what steps he is taking to reduce these figures.
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§ Mr. MellorThe latest available information on narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office in England and Wales and Essex relates to 1983 and is given in Tables 3.11–3.13 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Corresponding figures for Basildon could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
In regard to the final part of the question, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, North (Mr. Eggar) on 22 November 1984, at column 397–98.