HC Deb 18 March 2004 vol 419 cc492-3W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of people in Greater London who take(a) heroin, (b) marijuana, (c) cocaine and (d) ecstasy. [162338]

Caroline Flint

In 2001–02 there were 4.6 million 16 to 59-year-olds living in London. Among this population the British Crime Survey estimates prevalence of illicit drug use was 0.1 per cent. for heroin, 14 per cent. for cannabis, 4.2 per cent. for cocaine and 3.5 per cent. for ecstasy.