§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the street value of drugs seized by Customs and Excise in each year for the past four years in South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Humberside.
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§ Sir John CopeHM Customs and Excise is divided into a number of geographically based collections, which do not coincide with county boundaries. The counties of South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Humberside are straddled by the collections of east midlands, Leeds and northern England. These collections also include areas of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland.
The street value of drugs seized in these three collections for the past four calendar years was as follows:
East Midland Leeds Northern England £ £ £ 1990 181,110 2,894,723 406,422 1991 3,838,692 2,717,989 5,611 1992 92,162 1,195,476 86,196 1993 434,295 1,311,932 1,801,765 TOTAL 4,546,259 8,140,120 2,299,944 These values are for drugs seized within the boundaries of the collections and may include seizures made by officers based outside the collection area.