§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) arrests have been made, (b) convictions have been obtained and (c) cautions have been issued in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London borough for offences relating to (A) possession and (B) dealing in (1) Class A, (2) Class B and (3) Class C drugs in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [177180]
§ Ms BlearsInformation collected centrally on arrests is broken down only into the main offence groups. Within the "drug offences" group we are unable to identify different classes of drugs or different kinds of offences.
The information contained in the tables relates to persons found guilty of possession of, or dealing in Class A, B and C drugs, 1998 to 2002, in each borough in outer London and each magistrates court in inner London (it 859W is not possible from the statistics collected centrally to identify boroughs in inner London). The figures include persons found guilty at the Crown court when committed for trial or sentence from the courts/boroughs shown. Caution data cannot be broken down
Number1 of persons cautioned by the Metropolitan or City of London Police, or found guilty of certain drug offences in Greater London2 by magistrates court/London Borough: 20021 Possession Class A drug Class B drug Class C drug Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Inner London magistrates courts2 City of London Police Guildhall Justice Rooms 3_ 23 3)_ 54 3_ 3_ Total City of London Police 31 23 448 54 1 3_ Metropolitan police Bow Street 3_ 206 3_ 286 3_ 3 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 3_ 227 3_ 338 3_ 1 Greenwich/Woolwich 3_ 105 3_ 333 3_ 1 Highbury Corner 3_ 164 3_ 314 3_ 1 Horseferry Road 3_ 121 3_ 266 3_ 3_ Marylebone 3_ - 3_ 4 3_ 3_ South Western 3_ 75 3_ 312 3_ 3_ Thames 3_ 205 3_ 448 3_ 3_ West London 3_ 124 3_ 435 3_ 1 Outer London boroughs Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham 3_ 51 3_ 185 3_ 3_ Barnet 3_ 21 3_ 145 3_ 3_ Bexley 3_ 31 3_ 84 3_ 3_ Brent 3_ 97 3_ 237 3_ 3_ Bromley 3_ 33 3_ 117 3_ 3_ Croydon 3_ 51 3_ 236 3_ 3_ Ealing 3_ 131 3_ 212 3_ 3_ Enfield 3_ 42 3_ 142 3_ 3_ Haringey 3_ 104 3_ 348 3_ 2 Harrow 3_ 37 3_ 80 3_ 3_ Havering 3_ 107 3_ 88 3_ 3_ Hillingdon 3_ 55 3_ 182 3_ 3_ Hounslow 3_ 76 3_ 166 3_ 3_ Kingston-upon-Thames 3_ 66 3_ 71 3_ 3_ Merton 3_ 15 3_ 79 3_ 3_ Newham 3_ 92 3_ 271 3_ 3_ Redbridge 3_ 26 3_ 99 3_ 3_ Richmond-upon-Thames 3_ 17 3_ 95 3_ 3_ Sutton 3_ 15 3_ 61 3_ 3_ Waltham Forest 3_ 50 3_ 156 3_ 1 Total Metropolitan Police 595 2,344 10,612 5,790 31 9 Total Greater London 626 2,367 11,060 5,844 32 9 860W beyond police force area in the statistics collected centrally, and is given as a total for the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force area.
Dealing Class A drug Class B drug Class C drug Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Inner London magistrates courts2 City of London Police Guildhall Justice Rooms 3_ 12 3_ 5 3_ 3_ Total City of London Police 595 12 10,612 5 31 3_ Metropolitan police Bow Street 3_ 20 3_ 16 3_ 2 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 3_ 104 3_ 52 3_ 3_ Greenwich/Woolwich 3_ 74 3_ 38 3_ 3_ Highbury Corner 3_ 97 3_ 41 3_ 3_ Horseferry Road 3_ 58 3_ 26 3_ 3_ Marylebone 3_ 3_ 3_ 1 3_ 3_ South Western 3_ 24 3_ 17 3_ 3_ Thames 3_ 104 3_ 33 3_ 3_ West London 3_ 47 3_ 23 3_ 1 Outer London boroughs Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham 3_ 4 3_ 11 3_ 3_ Barnet 3_ 18 3_ 14 3_ 3_ Bexley 3_ 6 3_ 12 3_ 3_ Brent 3_ 24 3_ 22 3_ 3_ Statistics on court proceedings and cautions for 2003 will be published in the autumn.
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Dealing Class A drug Class B drug Class C drug Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Cautioned Found guilty Bromley 3_ 8 3_ 8 3_ 3_ Croydon 3_ 34 3_ 23 3_ 3_ Ealing 3_ 36 3_ 15 3_ 3_ Enfield 3_ 1 3_ 3 3_ 3_ Haringey 3_ 24 3_ 27 3__ 3_ Harrow 3_ 10 3_ 8 3_ 3_ Havering 3_ 8 3_ 6 3_ 3_ Hillingdon 3_ 548 3_ 197 3_ 3 Hounslow 3_ 13 3_ 15 3_ 3_ Kingston-upon-Thames 3_ 11 3_ 10 3_ 3_ Merton 3_ 4 3_ 8 3_ 3_ Newham 3_ 33 3_ 23 3_ 3_ Redbridge 3_ 12 3_ 11 3_ 3_ Richmond-upon-Thames 3_ 5 3_ 12 3_ 3_ Sutton 3_ 13 3_ 4 3_ 3_ Waltham Forest 3_ 12 3_ 12 3_ 3_ Total Metropolitan Police 33 1,352 179 688 3_ 6 Total Greater London 628 1,364 10,791 693 31 6 1These data are on the principal offend basis 2 Information held centrally does not allow a breakdown of cases by borough in the inner London area 3 Not available