§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of(a) burglaries, (b) drug-related offences and (c) drug addicts for each year from 1965 to 1980. [21144]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on the number of burglaries, the number of persons convicted of drugs offences and the number of drug addicts being treated for their addiction is given in the table.
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Year Burglaries Drug offenders (under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 or earlier legislation) 1Drug addicts notified to the Home Office 1965 251,306 —3 927 1966 274,278 —3 1,349 1967 264,518 4,498 1,683 1968 285,287 5,470 1,746 19692 414,8942 6,158 1,466 1970 423,795 8,378 1,430 1971 442,275 10,814 1,549 1972 428,083 13,998 1,617 19734 384,035 14,9774 1,8164
Year Burglaries Drug offenders (under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 or earlier legislation) 1Drug addicts notified to the Home Office 1974 473,407 12,532 1,967 1975 515,429 11,846 1,949 1976 510,048 12,754 1,876 1977 598,421 12,907 2,016 1978 560,109 13,604 2,402 1979 544,037 14,339 2,666 1980 618,390 17,158 2,846 1 Number of addicts receiving notifiable drugs as part of treatment. 2 Theft Act 1968 came into force. 3 Not separately identified. 4 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 came into force.