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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Monday, 14 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 January 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 21 January 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Drugs: Children

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many children under 16 in (a) the North East, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were arrested for possession of class (i) A drugs, (ii) B drugs and (ii) C drugs in each of the last seven years;
Answer

The information requested is not available centrally.The arrests collection undertaken by the Ministry of Justice provides data on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences), by age group, gender, ethnicity, and main offence group, i.e. violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, drugs offences etc. More detailed data about specific offences do not form part of this collection.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
179614; 470 c1765W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Children Drugs North East
Link
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