Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the value of smuggled drugs seized by Customs officers in Wales in each of the last three years. [16843]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryCustoms officers operate within geographically-based Executive units called collections. Wales is covered by two collections: South Wales and Borders; and Liverpool. It is therefore difficult to give accurate statistics for Wales as a whole. However, the street level value of seized drugs for the Welsh locations in these collections for each of the past three years is:
Year 1992 £ 1993 £ 1994 £ Value 768,261 15,385,870 38,926,638