§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent estimate he has made of the scale of heroin misuse in coalfield areas in Wales. [83069]
§ Mr. TouhigDue to the illegal nature of drug taking it is extremely difficult to estimate the number of users. We have to rely on the number of people in treatment and the number of people arrested testing positive in order to get an estimate of the scale of heroin misuse.