HC Deb 16 June 2003 vol 407 cc36-7W
Mr. George Osborne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK heroin trade which originated in Afghanistan in each of the last 10 years. [118704]

John Healey

HM Customs and Excise estimates that in the last three years up to 95 per cent. of the heroin consumed in the United Kingdom originated from opium produced in Afghanistan. No estimate has been made for the years prior to that.