HC Deb 11 March 1996 vol 273 c440W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 November,Official Report, columns 292–93, when the Government will lay the draft modification order to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to outlaw the use of anabolic steroids and other similar drugs. [19311]

Mr. Sackville

We hope to lay the draft modification order very soon.

Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the number of family break-ups caused by the abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in each year from 1979; [19320]

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of violent crimes caused by the abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in each year since 1979. [19319]

Mr. Sackville

No data are available to enable any such estimates to be made.