HC Deb 20 November 2001 vol 375 c248W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of the assets seized from convicted drug dealers in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [15838]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

The receipts realised from confiscation orders in England and Wales made in respect of legislation for drug trafficking offences under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 for the last five years for which figures are available is as follows:

Year £
1995–96 5,343,000
1996–97 7,415,000
1997–98 9,458,000
1998–99 10,476,000
1999–2000 9,333,000