§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many occasions the police seized quantities of the cocaine derivative "crack" in the nine months ending 30th September 1989, and what were the comparable figures for 1987 and 1988.
Earl FerrersFigures supplied by the police to the national drugs intelligence unit, which may not be complete, indicate that in the first nine months of 1989 the police made 75 seizures of "crack". No figures are available for the same period in 1988 or 1987. However, 27 seizures were recorded during the whole of 1988 and 12 seizures during the whole of 1987.