§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police forces where there have been seizures of crack in the current year and the number of seizures in each area.
§ Mr. Peter LloydFigures supplied by the police to the national drugs intelligence unit, which may not be complete, show that police forces made crack seizures as follows between 1 January and 31 October 1989:
Force Number of seizures Greater Manchester 7 Merseyside 5 Lancashire 1 North Wales 1 Nottinghamshire 2 South Yorkshire 1 West Yorkshire 1 West Midlands 9 Surrey 2 Avon and Somerset 9 Dorset 1 Metropolitan 48 Total 87
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the value of the seizures of crack(a) in the current year (b) in 1988 and (c) in 1987.
§ Mr. MellorThe approximate street value of seizures of crack reported to the national drugs intelligence unit in the periods requested was as follows: 207W
£ 1987 800 1988 11,500 11989 21,000 1 January to September.