§ Simon HughesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many seizures of(a) firearms, (b) drugs and (c) other dangerous goods were recorded at UK ports and airports in the last five years; [120596]
Financial Year Heroin (Kgs) Cocaine (Kgs) Other Class A (Kgs) Ecstasy (kgs) Cannabis (Kgs) Firearms seized1 (Number)
Other offensive weapons siezed2 (Number) 2001–02 1,489 6,075 113 1,330 67,061 2,015 2,045 2000–01 2,043 7,420 305 1,060 41,776 2,697 Figures not available 1999–2000 2,707 2,525 1,900 800 77,853 1,911 Figures not available 1998–1999 594 3,540 1,542 Not separately recorded 62,028 2,689 Figures not available 1997–1998 1,821 2,356 1,548 Not separately recorded 80,380 5,461 Figures not available 1 Includes self-defence sprays and stun guns. 2 Includes flick knives, butterfly knives, knuckle dusters, telescopic truncheons, death stars, blow pipes and sword sticks. A breakdown of seizures for ports and airports and postal depots for the last five years could only be obtaine at disproportionate cost.
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economically inactive. Non-pensioner households are all other households. The House hold Reference Person is identified during the interview and is defined as the member of the household who:
- a. owns the household accommodation, or
- b. is legally responsible for the rent of the accommodation, or
- c. has the household accommodation as an emolument or perquisite, or
- d. has the household accommodation by virtue of some relationship to the owner who is not a member of the household.
If there are joint householders, the Household Reference Person will be the householder with the highest income. If the income is the same, then the eldest householder is taken.
The following table shows the estimated gross and net council tax for pensioner and non-pensioner households in England for each income quintile where households are ranked by equivalised disposable income. The net council tax figures are gross council tax less benefits and discounts. The table shows the equivalised disposable income quintile point boundaries, which have been calculated separately for the pensioner and non-pensioner households.
For example, the 1st quintile point for the pensioner households is the income below which one fifth of all pensioner households are estimated to lie and similarly for the non-pensioner households. The quintile point boundaries differ between the two groups, particularly between the fourth and fifth quintiles.
(2) on how many occasions in each of the last five years (a) firearms, (b) drugs and (c) other dangerous goods were intercepted in the post. [120761]
§ John HealeyThe following table gives HM Customs and Excise seizures of drugs, firearms and other offensive weapons over the five years up to 2001–02, the last complete year for which figures are available.