§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the numbers of individuals who have been prescribed heroin in each of the past 12 years. [13721]
§ Ms BlearsThe figures give details of heroin prescribing between 1997 and 1996. As the addicts index from which these figures were taken ceased in 1997 we are not able to provide any statistics for later years.
Year Number 1977 232 1978 211 1979 189 1980 162 1981 208 1982 214 1983 189 1984 182 722W
Percentage of patients seen for first out-patient appointment within two weeks when urgently referred by their GP with suspected breast cancer, and the referral being received by the NHS Trust within 24 hours: England and host health authority Percentage 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Health authority Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 England 91.1 95.0 96.4 96.1 96.0 97.1 95.9 95.9 95.8 Hillingdon 97.4 100.0 85.5 100.0 100.0 97.3 92.2 80.0 93.7 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Enfield and Haringey 76.9 94.4 100.0 100.0 92.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 — Redbridge and Waltham Forest 85.7 100.0 98.5 98.4 100.0 96.2 98.7 92.4 66.4 Bedfordshire 97.8 98.8 99.1 92.9 94.9 99.3 97.5 97.6 95.4 Berkshire 98.4 94.8 79.0 79.0 93.2 86.8 85.3 94.6 89.5
Year Number 1985 213 1986 179 1987 186 1988 194 Source:
"Drug Addicts recorded as receiving notifiable drugs in treatment of their addiction at 31 December by the type of drug of treatment"
Since 1998 the figures have been presented differently and the heading since then has been "All drug addicts notified to the Home Office in (1989, 1990 etc) by treatment of notifiable drugs at first notification in (1989, 1990 etc)". The figures for the years 1989 to 1996 (the year when statutory notification ceased) are as follows:
Year New addicts Re-notified addicts 1989 10 59 1990 26 90 1991 17 106 1992 25 92 1993 30 144 1994 22 133 1995 14 128 1996 8 111