§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths that involved(a) ecstasy as the sole drug concerned and (b) alcohol poisoning, occurred after the victims consumed the substances (i) in clubs, (ii) in public houses, (iii) at raves and (iv) elsewhere, in each of the last five years. [6627]
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§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 2 December 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 16 December 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on how many deaths resulted from ecstasy, or poisoning from alcohol after the victims consumed the substances in (i) clubs (ii) public houses (iii) raves and (iv) elsewhere, in each of the last five years.ONS do not hold this level of detail as to where the substance which caused the death was consumed. The information is not recorded on the death certificate nor by the coroner, and would be very difficult to record with any degree of accuracy. Alcohol, for example, may have been consumed in a number of different places.The following table shows, (a) the numbers of deaths where Ecstasy was the sole drug mentioned and (b) the numbers of deaths from alcohol poisoning, in England and Wales in the last five years.
Year Deaths from ecstasy1 Deaths from alcohol poisoning2 1991 6 152 1992 5 126 1993 12 138
Month of prosecution Vessel Offence Total fines £ Country of Registration January NORINA Fishing logbook 10,000 United Kingdom LADY T. EMIEL Fishing logbook 10,000 UK LE DERBY Fishing in six-mile limit 17,500 France ANTAEUS Fishing in six-mile limit 22,500 France February CHRISTINA Fishing logbook and landing declaration 27,500 UK March NICOLA ANNE Quota and landing declaration 11,000 UK ZEEDUIVEL Gear and undersize fish offences 9,000 Belgium TIJL Fishing 12-mile limit 7,500 Belgium MARILYN JANE Fishing logbook 5,500 UK April BAFFIN BAY Unlicensed fishing 5,000 UK KVITSJOEN Quota 5,000 Norway FISKEBERG Quota 6,000 Norway VAN DIJCK Fishing logbook 5,000 Belgium May ATLANTIC C Quota 9,500 UK June AROSA Quota 12,000 UK July ITXAS Fishing logbook and undersize fish 15,000 UK MOUNT EDEN Quota 67,500 UK SOPHIE LOUISE Fishing logbook and landing declaration 17,000 UK August MERCURIUS Gear and undersize fish 8,000 Belgium September ROWNLEA quota 8,000 UK TITAN Quota 8,000 UK FLOURISH Fishing logbook 11,000 UK October ATLANTIC C Licensing and quota 30,000 UK November AMARADIA Transhipment licence and statutory declaration 34,000 Cyprus December ALMA C Fishing logbook and landing declaration 10,000 UK