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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many seizures of cannabis were made by the police in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many seizures of cannabis were made by the police in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
| Number of police seizures of cannabis in Suffolk police force area, 2003 to 2007-08¹ | |
|---|---|
| Number of Cannabis seizures | |
| 2003 | 660 |
| 2004² | 1,080 |
| 2005³ | 1,181 |
| 2006-07 | 1,022 |
| 2007-08 | 947 |
| ¹ The drugs seizures collection was changed from a calendar year basis to a financial year basis from 2006-07 onwards. | |
| ² Increases in cannabis seizures in 2004 and 2005 are thought to be associated with the introduction of cannabis warnings on 1 April 2004. | |
| ³ 2005 figures onwards are unrounded; previous years rounded. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many raids upon cannabis factories have been conducted by each police force in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many raids upon cannabis factories have been conducted by each police force in the last three years.
| Cannabis factories recorded 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| Avon and Somerset | 207 |
| Bedfordshire | 17 |
| BTP | 8 |
| Cambridgeshire | 112 |
| Central Scotland | 1 |
| Cheshire | 21 |
| Cleveland | 43 |
| Cumbria | 11 |
| Derbyshire | 53 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 19 |
| Dorset | 28 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 |
| Durham | 7 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 41 |
| Essex | 68 |
| Fife | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 |
| GMP | 227 |
| Grampian | 9 |
| Gwent | 42 |
| Hampshire | 37 |
| Hertfordshire | 70 |
| Humberside | 18 |
| Kent | 73 |
| Lancashire | 123 |
| Leicestershire | 75 |
| Lincolnshire | 49 |
| Lothian and Borders | 4 |
| Merseyside | 118 |
| Met | 289 |
| Norfolk | 44 |
| North Wales | 31 |
| North Yorkshire | 11 |
| Northamptonshire | 27 |
| Northern Constabulary | 0 |
| Northumbria | 38 |
| Nottinghamshire | 55 |
| PSNI | 4 |
| South Wales | 73 |
| South Yorkshire | 54 |
| Staffordshire | 51 |
| Strathclyde | 30 |
| Suffolk | 22 |
| Surrey | 12 |
| Sussex | 37 |
| Tayside | 7 |
| Thames Valley | 110 |
| Warwickshire | 48 |
| West Mercia | 18 |
| West Midlands | 203 |
| West Yorkshire | 368 |
| Wiltshire | 14 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) boys and (b) girls aged 14-15 years old who have used cannabis in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) boys and (b) girls aged 14-15 years old who have used cannabis in each of the last 10 years.
| Table 1: Proportion of boys and girls who had taken cannabis in the last year, by age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | |
| Boys | ||||||
| 14 (percentage) | 19 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 |
| Base | 906 | 965 | 1,026 | 983 | 944 | 607 |
| 15 (percentage) | 32 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Base | 1,036 | 1,126 | 1,161 | 1,083 | 1,009 | 932 |
| Girls | ||||||
| 14 (percentage) | 19 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 13 |
| Base | 950 | 956 | 986 | 925 | 961 | 715 |
| 15 (percentage) | 30 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 22 |
| Base | 958 | 1,026 | 1,118 | 1,029 | 979 | 993 |
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1. Figures prior to 2001 are not given as they are not comparable. | ||||||
| 2. Figures for 2006 have not been reported. | ||||||
| Source: | ||||||
| Survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged under 18 years have been identified in police raids on cannabis factories in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged under 18 years have been identified in police raids on cannabis factories in the last 12 months.
| Number of persons aged 10 to 17 proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences of cultivating and production of a controlled drug—cannabis¹, England and Wales, 2007²,³ | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| Cultivate cannabis plant | 71 |
| Permit, be concerned in, conspire to, or produce a controlled drug—cannabis | 23 |
| ¹ Includes offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: | |
| s.4(2)(a)(b); s.6(2); s.8(a) and schedule 4. | |
| ² The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |
| ³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |
| Source: | |
| Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether additional funding has been made available to support the policing of illegal cannabis production and use since the drug was reclassified; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether additional funding has been made available to support the policing of illegal cannabis production and use since the drug was reclassified; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned by her Department on the likely effects of the change in classification of cannabis on (i) the numbers in prison and (ii) the cost of arrest, prosecution and imprisonment in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned by her Department on the likely effects of the change in classification of cannabis on (i) the numbers in prison and (ii) the cost of arrest, prosecution and imprisonment in each...
| Table 6: Estimated change in enforcement liability against cannabis possession | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | |||||||
| Criminal Justice System | |||||||
| Year | Police | CPS | HMCS¹ | NOMS | Total CJS | Non-legal aid defence | Total |
| Base | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 1.23 | 0.09 | 1.46 | 0.40 | 1.90 |
| 3 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 2.18 | 0.13 | 2.51 | 0.58 | 3.22 |
| 4 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 3.49 | 0.24 | 4.12 | 1.01 | 5.38 |
| 5 | 0.34 | 0.61 | 4.71 | 0.38 | 5.70 | 1.47 | 7.50 |
| 6 | 0.40 | 0.81 | 5.67 | 0.49 | 6.97 | 1.86 | 9.23 |
| 7 | 0.42 | 0.96 | 6.31 | 0.58 | 7.85 | 2.16 | 10.44 |
| 8 | 0.42 | 1.05 | 6.66 | 0.64 | 8.36 | 2.35 | 11.13 |
| ¹ HMCS costs include court costs, costs from PNDs, legal aid and central funds costs. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the reclassification of cannabis on (a) the numbers using cannabis and (b) the numbers using other illegal drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the reclassification of cannabis on (a) the numbers using cannabis and (b) the numbers using other illegal drugs.
| Table 8: Estimated total population of serious cannabis offenders by year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population of offenders, do nothing | Population of offenders, change | Difference | Percentage | |
| Base | 416,769 | 416,769 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 396,179 | 396,491 | -312 | -0.08 |
| 3 | 376,576 | 373,297 | 3,279 | 0.87 |
| 4 | 357,914 | 352,153 | 5,761 | 1.61 |
| 5 | 340,148 | 331,124 | 9,024 | 2.65 |
| 6 | 323,240 | 310,103 | 13,138 | 4.06 |
| 7 | 307,153 | 289,260 | 17,892 | 5.83 |
| 8 | 291,849 | 268,836 | 23,013 | 7.89 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidence her Department holds on the relationship between the use of cannabis and the level of criminal activity to fund such use within (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidence her Department holds on the relationship between the use of cannabis and the level of criminal activity to fund such use within (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last five years.
| Recorded offences of possession of controlled drugs (cannabis) for the Copeland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) and Cumbria police force area, 2003-04 to 2007-08 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Copeland CDRP | 86 | 71 | 78 | 79 | |
| Cumbria PFA | 729 | 659 | 603 | 675 | |
| Note: | |||||
| Possession of controlled drugs offences were split with effect from April 2004 into (i) possession of cannabis and (ii) possession of drugs other than cannabis. | |||||
| Source: | |||||
| HO Crux-Matrix database |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will issue new guidance to police on the issuing of warnings, cautions and charging for possession of cannabis following its re-classification as a Class B drug.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will issue new guidance to police on the issuing of warnings, cautions and charging for possession of cannabis following its re-classification as a Class B drug.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues and officials in the Ministry of Justice on implementing the proposed three strikes enforcement regime for cannabis possession pursuant to its re-classification as a Class B drug; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues and officials in the Ministry of Justice on implementing the proposed three strikes enforcement regime for cannabis possession pursuant to its re-classification as a Class B drug; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the reclassification of cannabis as a Class B drug will be implemented; and on what date the new law will take effect.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the reclassification of cannabis as a Class B drug will be implemented; and on what date the new law will take effect.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effects of the reclassifying of cannabis on the number of people receiving a custodial sentence for offences relating to the drug each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effects of the reclassifying of cannabis on the number of people receiving a custodial sentence for offences relating to the drug each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of those accused of (a) possession of and (b) dealing in cannabis were (i) found not guilty, (ii) fined and (iii) imprisoned in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of those accused of (a) possession of and (b) dealing in cannabis were (i) found not guilty, (ii) fined and (iii) imprisoned in each year since 2006.
| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found not guilty, fined and imprisoned at all courts for possession and dealing¹ in cannabis, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006²,³ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found not guilty | Fined | Immediate custody | |||||
| Proceeded against | Number | Percentage of those proceeded against | Number | Percentage of those proceeded against | Number | Percentage of those proceeded against | |
| 1997 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 18,940 | 1,665 | 9 | 11,890 | 63 | 268 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 5,063 | 1,150 | 23 | 357 | 7 | 1,779 | 35 |
| 1998 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 24,395 | 1,752 | 7 | 15,503 | 64 | 410 | 2 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 5,053 | 963 | 19 | 399 | 8 | 1,940 | 38 |
| 1999 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 24,322 | 1,699 | 7 | 15,215 | 63 | 451 | 2 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 4,497 | 1,083 | 24 | 313 | 7 | 1,685 | 37 |
| 2000 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 22,304 | 1,578 | 7 | 13,638 | 61 | 361 | 2 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 3,195 | 526 | 16 | 231 | 7 | 1,213 | 38 |
| 2001 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 22,705 | 1,953 | 9 | 12,960 | 57 | 290 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,593 | 622 | 24 | 160 | 6 | 883 | 34 |
| 2002 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 25,976 | 2,321 | 9 | 14,123 | 54 | 241 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,545 | 565 | 22 | 154 | 6 | 805 | 32 |
| 2003 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 27,871 | 2,157 | 8 | 15,172 | 54 | 288 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,790 | 798 | 29 | 144 | 5 | 697 | 25 |
| 2004 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 14,646 | 1,326 | 9 | 6,972 | 48 | 161 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,142 | 439 | 20 | 122 | 6 | 576 | 27 |
| 2005 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 13,040 | 945 | 7 | 6,316 | 48 | 136 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,176 | 790 | 36 | 87 | 4 | 407 | 19 |
| 2006 | |||||||
| Possession of cannabis | 13,450 | 914 | 7 | 6,368 | 47 | 141 | 1 |
| Dealing in cannabis | 2,216 | 874 | 39 | 50 | 2 | 341 | 15 |
| ¹ Includes supply and possession with intent to supply | |||||||
| ² These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |||||||
| ³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||||||
| Source: | |||||||
| Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice IOS 554-08 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the effectiveness of the system for recording of cannabis warnings on the Police National Computer.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the effectiveness of the system for recording of cannabis warnings on the Police National Computer.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of (a) murders, (b) assaults, (c) robberies and (d) other crimes committed while under the influence of skunk cannabis in (i) Lancashire and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of (a) murders, (b) assaults, (c) robberies and (d) other crimes committed while under the influence of skunk cannabis in (i) Lancashire and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent representations she has received on the sale of skunk cannabis seeds through online mail-order retailers;
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent representations she has received on the sale of skunk cannabis seeds through online mail-order retailers;
(2) what recent estimate she has made of the number of people selling skunk cannabis seeds in England and Wales.
(2) what recent estimate she has made of the number of people selling skunk cannabis seeds in England and Wales.