§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) arrested and (b) charged with possession of Class (i) A, (ii) B and (iii) C drugs in the West Somerset Division of Avon and Somerset Police in each year since 1997.[73263]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthArrest data are only available centrally for all drug offences as a whole, not for individual types of offences, so it is not possible to provide the level of detail requested. The figures given in the table relate to persons referred to courts in the West Somerset Division by the police for unlawful possession of drugs, and also to those found guilty of such offences.
Table: Number of persons referred to courts for and found guilty of offences of unlawful possession of drugs, West Somerset, 1997–2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 Class A Referred to court 2 4 2 1 Found guilty 2 4 2 1 Class B Referred to court 1 2 3 2 Found guilty 1 2 3 2 Class C Referred to court 0 0 0 0 Found guilty 0 0 0 0 Source:
Drugs and Alcohol Research