§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged between 14 and 19 years are known to have experimented with(a) drugs and (b) alcohol in 2003. [152554]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData are not available in the form requested; however the latest available data are shown in the tables.1408W
Table 1: Whether young people aged 14 and 15 have taken drugs in the last month, last year and ever, by gender—England, 2002 Percentage 14 years 15 years Boys Taken in last month 19 25 Taken in last year, including in last month 28 38 Ever taken 37 47 Girls Taken in last month 15 18 Taken in last year, including in last month 24 33 Ever taken 31 42 All pupils Taken in last month 17 22 Taken in last year, including in last month 26 36 Ever taken 34 45 Source:
National Centre for Social Research/NFER Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2002
Table 2: Whether young people aged 16 to 19 have taken drugs in the last month, last year and ever, by gender—England and Wales, 2002–03 Percentage Males Females All persons Taken in last month 19 15 17 Taken in last year, including in last month 30 24 27 Ever taken 44 36 40 Source:
Home Office 2002–03 British Crime Survey
Table 3: Whether young people aged 14 and 15 have ever had an alcoholic drink and whether they had drunk alcohol in the last week, by gender—England, 2002 Percentage 14 years 15 years Boys Drank in last week 34 49 Ever drank 79 86 Girls Drank in last week 34 45 Ever drank 81 88 All pupils Drank in last week 34 47 Ever drank 80 87 Source:
National Centre for Social Research/NFER Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2002
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Table 4: Whether young people aged 16 to 19 ever drink alcohol and whether they had drunk alcohol in the last week, by gender England, 2001 Percentage Males Non-drinker 16 Drinks alcohol nowadays 84 Drank in the last week 59 Females Non-drinker 17 Drinks alcohol nowadays 83 Drank in the last week 57 All persons Non-drinker 17 Drinks alcohol nowadays 83 Drank in the last week 58 Notes:
1.Respondents are categorised as a 'drinker' if they report ever drinking alcohol nowadays.
2.Figures for non-drinker include those that used to drink alcohol but do not drink nowadays.
Source:
ONS Living in Britain. General Household Survey, 2001