§ Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Manchester, Central of(a) 27 January regarding Mrs. FAW, reference A 1065094, (b) 19 January regarding Mrs. KS, reference P0983/4 and S1037919/3, (c) 19 January regarding Miss YN, reference P0951/4 and N1064754 and (d) 2 February regarding Mr. AKN, reference A1087763. [174364]
§ Mr. Browne[holding answer 24 May 2004]: The information is as follows.
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Table 2: Offenders found guilty of certain drug offences Number of offenders found guilty1 of certain drug offences at magistrates courts in Greater London2 including those found guilty at the
Crown court where the committing court was based in Greater London, 1993 to 2002
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Possession of: Class A drug 1,111 1,406 1,352 1,413 1,503 2,046 2,505 2,355 2,425 2,367 Class B drug 2,680 4,122 3,428 3,391 4,184 5,499 5,218 4,758 4,283 5,844 Class C drug 1 4 1 4 13 11 11 8 5 9 Dealing3: Class A drug 484 556 718 705 676 924 984 1,021 1,446 1,364 Class B drug 577 786 900 860 923 946 798 530 585 693 Class C drug 6 7 6 11 10 11 4 4 4 6 Other drug offences4: Class A drug 3 1 6 7 5 8 8 3 4 5 Class B drug 10 14 17 16 30 17 14 6 8 14 Class C drug 2 — 1 — — — — — — 1 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Covers Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Area. (a) A reply to the letter of 27 January was sent by an Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) Senior Director on 4 March. IND wrote to my hon. friend on 21 May to confirm that the necessary action had been taken.
(b) I wrote to my hon. friend on 16 June.
(c) I replied to my hon. friend on 20 May.
(d) IND wrote to my hon. friend on 18 May.