HC Deb 23 November 1992 vol 214 cc482-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table showing, for each police force area in England and Wales, the number of notifiable drug offences in(a) 1979–80, (b) 1985–86, i(c) 1990–91 and (d) 1991–92 and the percentage increase between 1979–80 and 1991–92, between 1985–86 and 1991–92 and between 1990–91 and 1991–92.

Mr. Jack

[holding answer 19 November 1992]: The figures given in the tables are for offences of trafficking in controlled drugs which is the only drug-related offence which is notifiable. These figures were not collected separately until 1983 so it is not possible to provide any information for earlier years.

Notifiable offences of trafficking in controlled drugs recorded by the police by police force area
Number of offences and percentage change
Police force area April 1990 to March 1991 April 1991 to March 1992 Percentage change
Avon and Somerset 257 278 8
Bedfordshire 48 55 15
Cambridgeshire 110 81 -26
Cheshire 251 310 24
Cleveland 73 76 4
Cumbria 65 143 120
Derbyshire 98 153 56
Devon and Cornwall 175 233 33
Dorset 188 197 5
Durham 78 72 -8
Essex 247 241 -2
Gloucestershire 64 200 213
Greater Manchester 746 925 24
Hampshire 327 405 24
Hertfordshire 156 180 15
Humberside 146 248 70
Kent 479 631 32
Lancashire 357 377 6
Leicestershire 39 80 105
Lincolnshire 116 137 18
City of London 18 15 -17
Merseyside 498 498
Metropolitan Police District 2,174 2,178
Norfolk 168 235 40
Northamptonshire 81 103 27
Northumbria 142 185 30
North Yorkshire 131 105 -20
Nottinghamshire 90 116 29
South Yorkshire 165 272 65
Staffordshire 79 123 56
Suffolk 265 256 -3
Surrey 135 97 -28
Sussex 487 542 11
Thames Valley 244 331 36
Warwickshire 71 86 21
West Mercia 145 173 19
West Midlands 284 302 6
West Yorkshire 466 916 97
Wiltshire 71 81 14
Dyfed-Powys 90 111 23
Gwent 103 92 —11
North Wales 114 137 20
South Wales 238 278 17
Police force area April 1990 to March 1991 April 1991 to March 1992 Percentage change
England and Wales 10,279 12,254 19
Notifiable offences of trafficking in controlled drugs recorded by the police by police force area
Number of offences and percentage change
Police force area April 1985 to March 1986 April 1991 to March 1992 Percentage change
Avon and Somerset 286 278 -3
Bedfordshire 39 55 41
Cambridgeshire 80 81 1
Cheshire 240 310 29
Cleveland 33 76 130
Cumbria 89 143 61
Derbyshire 58 153 164
Devon and Cornwall 339 233 -31
Dorset 218 197 -10
Durham 29 72 148
Essex 193 241 25
Gloucestershire 191 200 5
Greater Manchester 360 925 157
Hampshire 232 405 75
Hertfordshire 165 180 9
Humberside 100 248 148
Kent 361 631 75
Lancashire 183 377 106
Leicestershire 55 80 45
Lincolnshire 17 137 706
City of London 3 15 400
Merseyside 264 498 89
Metropolitan Police District 2,112 2,178 3
Norfolk 101 235 133
Northamptonshire 49 103 110
Northumbria 82 185 126
North Yorkshire 55 105 91
Nottinghamshire 110 116 5
South Yorkshire 117 272 132
Staffordshire 65 123 89
Suffolk 86 256 198
Surrey 86 97 13
Sussex 328 542 65
Thames Valley 174 331 90
Warwickshire 15 86 473
West Mercia 97 173 78
West Midlands 219 302 38
West Yorkshire 135 916 579
Wiltshire 54 81 50
Dyfed-Powys 100 111 11
Gwent 55 92 67
North Wales 96 137 43
South Wales 158 278 76
Total England and Wales 7,829 12,254 57