HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 cc202-3W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women have been convicted of drug offences by courts covering the Greater London area in each of the last three years. [100601]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

The number of men and women convicted of drug offences by courts in Greater London for the last available three years is shown in the table.

Number of persons convicted of drug offences in the Greater London area, by gender, 1998–2000
1998 1999 2000
Males 10,435 10,346 9,389
Females 739 799 648

Source:

RDS, Drug and Alcohol Research