Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 June 1999. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Friday, 11 June 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have been convicted of offences involving the supply or possession of drugs in either the magistrates court or the relevant Crown Court serving (a) Liverpool, (b) Croydon and (c) Gloucester since 30th September 1998. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders have been convicted of offences involving the supply or possession of drugs in either the magistrates court or the relevant Crown Court serving (a) Liverpool, (b) Croydon and (c) Gloucester since 30 September 1998. [85768] Mr. Boateng: Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table. Number of persons convicted of offences involving the supply or possession of drugs at (a) Liverpool, (b) Croydon and (c) Gloucester magistrates' courts and Crown Court Centres by type of offence, October-December 1998 {1}, January-March 1999 {1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Court Period Possession of a Supply of a controlled Possession with intent controlled drug drug to supply a controlled drug Magistrates' courts (a) Liverpool October-December 1998 240 18 27 (b) Croydon October-December 1998 78 2 8 (c) Gloucester October-December 1998 28 1 2 Crown Court (a) Liverpool October-December 1998 22 26 28 January-March 1999 18 44 28 (b) Croydon October-December 1998 5 6 15 January-March 1999 5 12 18 (c) Gloucester October-December 1998 -- -- 4 January-March 1999 2 1 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 85768; 332 c428W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Convictions Croydon Crown Court Drugs Offenders Magistrates' courts Liverpool Gloucester
Contains statistics: Yes