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Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 January 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 March 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Drug Intervention Programme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases in the Drug Intervention Programme (a) handling stolen goods, (b) attenuated acquisitive crime and (c) begging was the trigger for a drugs test in 2004–05.
Answer

The following table gives a breakdown of drug tests successfully conducted for 2004–05.In Schedule six to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (as amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1892), an offence under section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 is a trigger offence if committed in respect of an offence under any of the following provisions of the Theft Act 1968-section one (theft), section eight (robbery), section nine (burglary), section 15 (obtaining property by deception), and section 22 (handling stolen goods).Attempted crimes, begging and persistent begging became trigger offences from 27 July 2004.

Trigger Total numberof tests
Handling stolen goods (excluding attempted handling) 1,468
Acquisitive crime (excluding attempted crimes) 40,829
Acquisitive crime (excluding attempted crimes) 39,431
Attempted crimes 1,398
Begging 1,014
Persistent begging 30

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44095; 443 c811W;443 c811W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Crime Drugs Misuse Rehabilitation Theft Drug interventions programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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