Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 7 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2000. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people, broken down by ethnic group, were convicted of dealing in illegal drugs and other offences involving illegal drugs in the UK in each of the last three years. - Includes fact that requested information is not available centrally and ref to "Statistics on Race and Criminal Justice System" to be published in January 2001 and placed in Library.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, broken down by ethnic group, were convicted of dealing in illegal drugs and other offences involving illegal drugs in the UK in each of the last three years. [142294] Mr. Charles Clarke: [holding answer 13 December, 2000]: The requested information is not available centrally. The annual publication "Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System" to be published in January 2001 will provide some related information. For the first time, it will show, by police force area and ethnic appearance, the number of persons arrested and the number cautioned by the police in England and Wales for drugs offences in general. Copies of this publication will be available in the Library.

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