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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders per head of population charged with trigger offences have tested positive for (a) opiates and (b) crack cocaine in (i) Birmingham, (ii) Bristol, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Liverpool, (v) Manchester, (vi) Newcastle, (vii) Nottingham and (viii) Sheffield in the last 12 months. [214016] Caroline Flint: The Home Office does not collect drug test data based on offenders per head of population. Instead, data is collected on drug tests arising from offenders charged with specified offences in 47 DAT areas with the highest levels of acquisitive crime. The following table breaks down the positive drug test results recorded for opiates (heroin), cocaine/crack or both in relevant areas between January--December 2004. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. DAT Both (cocaine/crack and heroin) Cocaine/crack only Heroin only Birmingham 719 452 525 Bristol 552 299 215 Leeds 782 491 729 Liverpool 926 363 227 Manchester 663 468 353 Newcastle 65 125 244 Nottingham 831 500 370 Sheffield 440 239 238 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DIP Monthly Monitoring Reports The data incorporate positive drug test results arising from trigger and non-trigger offences. Five per cent of the data can be attributed to positive drug test results resulting from non-trigger offences.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

214016; 431 c1099-100W;431 c1095-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Birmingham Bristol Drugs Greater Manchester Leeds Offenders Misuse Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Liverpool Testing Sheffield

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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