Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Monday, 28 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 April 2005. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 April 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for crimes connected with (a) cocaine and (b) heroin use in each constituency in each year since 1997.

Answer: Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for crimes connected with (a) cocaine and (b) heroin use in each constituency in each year since 1997. [224333] Caroline Flint: Data on crimes related to the drugs specified are not currently collated at constituency level. The Home Office collates data at police force level on arrests for property crimes, but do not record whether they are related to an offender's drug habit. However, data on drug offenders are collated at police force level. Data on the numbers of people arrested for cocaine and heroin offences in the United Kingdom are available in the "Drug Seizure and Offender Statistics, United Kingdom" Home Office statistical bulletin 2001 and 2002, and the Drug Offenders finding, for England and Wales 2003. The area tables accompanying these publications provide a break down at police force level. Copies are available in the Library of the House and on the RDS website at: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ pdfs04/hosb0804.pdf%5D

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