§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Home Department what was the total number of registered drug addicts in each of the last 12 years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of new addicts notified by doctors to the Home Office in each of the last 12 years is given in table 2 of the Home Office statistical bulletins "Statistics of the misuse of drugs: addicts notified to the Home Office, United Kingdom" for 1989 and 1990, copies of which are in the Library. The number of addicts renotified, which is available only for 1987 onwards, is given in table 1 of the 1990 publication.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were prosecuted for offences relating to drugs in each of the last 12 years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is contained in table 3.1 of the Home Office statistical bulletins "Statistics of the misuse of drugs: seizures and offenders dealt with, United Kingdom" for 1989 and 1990, copies of which are in the Library.