Written question asked by Lord Risby (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Cannabis: Suffolk

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police seizures of cannabis there were in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Number of police seizures of cannabis in Suffolk for 2001-05¹
	Number of cannabis seizures²
2001³	420
2002³	770
2003	660
20044	1,080
20054	1,181
¹ Data for 2006-07 are scheduled to be published in October 2008. Future publications will be on a financial year basis.
² 2005 figures are unrounded; previous years rounded.
³ The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures prior to this date are not directly comparable with those for later years.
4 Increases in cannabis seizures in 2004 and 2005 are thought to be associated with the introduction of cannabis warnings on 1 April 2004.

Secondary information