Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 3 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in the last two years; how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in London in each month since January 2004.

Answer: Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in the last two years; [220848] (2) how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in London in each month since January 2004. [220849] Caroline Flint: The information requested is not available centrally. Information on arrests collected centrally is based on persons arrested for "notifiable" offences by main offence group only and therefore does not identify individual offences. The data are also only available by police force area and collected on a quarterly basis.

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