§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish estimates of the number of known or registered drug addicts per 100,000 people in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) the United States of America and (c) the Netherlands. [114221]
§ Ms StuartThe information requested is not available centrally.
Based on the number of drug misusers reported to Regional Drugs Misuse Databases as presenting to services for treatment in England during the six month period ending 31 March 1999, there were 58 problem drug misusers per 100,000 people in England. Figures for the United States of America and the Netherlands are not available centrally, but information may be available from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, which is based in Portugal.