Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 March 2005. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 March 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for selling drugs where there was evidence of drug selling near schools there were in (a) Birmingham, (b) Bristol, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Manchester, (f) Newcastle, (g) Nottingham and (h) Sheffield in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc fact that information is not collected centrally.

Answer: Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for selling drugs where there was evidence of drug selling near schools there were in (a) Birmingham, (b) Bristol, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Manchester, (f) Newcastle, (g) Nottingham and (h) Sheffield in the last year for which figures are available. [214040] Caroline Flint: It is not possible from the information held on the Home Office Court Proceedings database to identify whether a person was proceeded against for selling drugs outside a school, as the circumstances of the offence are not collected centrally.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 214040; 431 c1103W;431 c1099W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Birmingham Bristol Drugs Greater Manchester Leeds Prosecutions Misuse Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Liverpool Schools Sheffield
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk