§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many registered drug addicts there are; what were the equivalent figures in 1975 and 1979; and what are the equivalent figures for Hampshire for the same periods.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office by police force area is published for the years 1978 to 1984 in tables 3.11 to 3.13 of "Statistics of the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables, 1984." The corresponding information requested for 1975 is given in the following table. Corresponding information for 1985 is not yet available.
Narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office, 1975 Number of persons New addicts notified during the year Former addicts notified during the year Addicts recorded at 31 December United Kingdom 922 536 1,949 Hampshire police force area 31 21 61