§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the annual consumption of heroin was in each year since 1992; [81000]
(2) how many people have been convicted of dealing in heroin in each year since 1992. [80999]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthAlthough there is no robust estimate of the consumption of heroin, data are collected on the number of heroin seizures made in the United Kingdom, and these are shown for each year from 1992 to 2000 in Table 1.
Table 1. Number of heroin seizures made in the UK 1992–2000. Number of heroin seizures 1992 2,968 1993 3,678 1994 4,483 1995 6,479 1996 9,834 1997 12,508 1998 15,192 1999 15,519 2000 16,295 Table 2 shows the number of persons found guilty of dealing heroin in Great Britain between 1992 and 2000
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Table 2. persons found guilty of dealing in heroin in Great Britain, 1992–20001 Number of persons2 1992 472 1993 706 1994 764 1995 942 1996 1,296 1997 2,060 1998 2,727 1999 3,248 2000 3,3343 1 The term 'dealing' is taken to cover the following drug offences: possession with intent to supply unlawfully, unlawful supply, and unlawful import/export. 2 As the same person may be found guilty of or cautioned for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce totals. 3 Import/Export data not available for 2000. Source:
Home Office Drug Seizure and Offender Statistics, United Kingdom, 2000–Supplementary Tables
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