§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offenders were dealt with for supply offences in respect of Class A drugs in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 1997; [22632]
(2) what estimate he has made of the percentage of recorded crime in the Buckingham constituency that was drug-related in the last five years. [22631]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthThe information requested is not available at constituency level.
However, data from the Home Office Court Appearances and Cautions Drugs Databases show that the number of persons in the Thames Valley Police force area who were dealt with for supply offences involving Class A drugs fell from 209 in 1997 to 191 in both 1998 and 1999. Data for 2000 are not yet available.
It is difficult to calculate a single percentage figure reflecting precisely what proportion of all crimes is drug-related since no statistical data are collected on offences that may have been committed due to drug taking. However, information is collected on the number of drug offences. Details of the number of persons convicted of or cautioned for drug offences and as a proportion of persons convicted of or cautioned for all indictable offences in the Thames Valley Police force area during the period 1995–99 are given in the table.
Number of persons convicted of or cautioned for drug offences and as a proportion of persons convicted of or cautioned for all indictable offences, Thames Valley, 1995–99 Drug offences All indictable offences Drug offences as a percentage of all indicatabe offences 1995 1,914 11,546 16.6 1996 1,750 11,046 15.8 1997 1,738 10,474 16.6 1998 1,891 10,331 18.3 1999 2,042 11,207 18.2 Source:
Home Office Court Appearances and Cautions Database
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) those schemes which have received funding under the Communities Against Drugs Initiative in the Buckingham constituency, (b) the amount received and (c) what targets have been set to reduce crime under the scheme. [22656]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthAylesbury Vale Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership was allocated £127,200 for Communities Against Drugs, in 2001–02. The table shows how the partnership is to spend this money:
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£ Intervention Sum allocated Police Proactive Unit 53,723 Drugs Outreach Service 52,500 Arrest Referral Project 5,000 Drug Market Analysis 5,000 Walton Court Project1 10,977 Total 127,200 1Part funding for CCTV and police/neighbourhood warden office Communities Against Drugs activity, in Aylesbury Vale, is contributing to the achievement of the Government's drugs strategy targets, and local authority best value targets.