HC Deb 26 June 2003 vol 407 cc919-20W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests have been made in(a) Lambeth and (b) other London boroughs for possession of cannabis in the last 12 months.[120920]

Caroline Flint

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that for the period June 2002 to May 2003, 132 persons were arrested for the possession of cannabis in Lambeth and 17,329 persons were arrested in other London boroughs.