HC Deb 27 February 1995 vol 255 c405W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths in the United Kingdom resulted directly from addiction to(a) heroin and (b) other drugs in each year since 1985.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The only clearly identifiable direct cause of death from addiction to drugs is from overdose, and the relevant information is contained in table 14 of the Home Office "Statistical Bulletin" entitled "Statistics of drug addicts notified to the Home Office, United Kingdom, 1993", a copy of which is in the Library.