§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population has been imprisoned in each of the last 10 years as a result of crimes committed to support the use of(a) heroin, (b) tobacco, (c) cocaine and (d) cannabis. [140859]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is not available. No statistics are collated centrally on offences committed to support the use of illegal drugs and tobacco. However, information on persons who have been convicted of drug offences is contained in the Home Office Bulletin on Drug Seizure and Offenders, a copy of which is in the Library. Reference was made in a written answer on 27 November 2000,Official Report, column 441W, to the hon. Member about information bearing on the relationship between drug use and crime that is becoming available through Home Office's programme of interviewing and drug testing arrestees.