HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 c567W
Dame Janet Fookes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of seizures of cocaine, in the most recent years for which figures are available, was of cocaine entering the United Kingdom from member states of the European Community.

Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of seizures of cocaine, in the most recent years for which figures are available, was of cocaine entering the United Kingdom from member states of the European Community.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply, 25 January 1990, c. 868–69]: I regret that incorrect information was provided for the percentage of seizures of cocaine by Customs in 1988 which were known to have originated from or arrived in the United Kingdom via other EC countries. The correct figures for that year are 31.5 per cent. by numbers of seizures (35.8 per cent. by weight), corresponding to 102 kg.