§ Mr. Higginsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has made of the trend in the street price of illegal drugs, including cannabis, heroin and cocaine over the last three years; and if he will seek to monitor such changes as an indication of the extent to which importation and distribution of illegal drugs are being prevented by the work of the Government Departments concerned.
§ Mr. MellorThe information collated by the national drugs intelligence unit suggests that since the beginning of 1984 there has been little change in the mean prices of illicit heroin and cannabis resin, whereas that of cocaine appears to have risen slightly. Street prices are one of a number of indicators which we monitor as part of our continuing assessment of the drug misuse situation.