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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of people arrested and tested under the Drug Interventions Programme were positive for (a) heroin and (b) crack cocaine in each police force area in each year since 2003.

Asked by

Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2009

For answer on

16 October 2009

Answered on

26 October 2009

The drug testing of offenders for specified Class A drugs (heroin and cocaine/crack) in police custody came into operation from 2003 across 30 Basic Command Units (BCUs) as part of the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP). Since that time the programme has expanded in a phased approach to 66 BCUs in 2004 and some 107 BCUs in 2005. DIP currently conducts drug testing in 109 BCUs across England and Wales.Only offenders arrested or charged with a "trigger offence"—largely acquisitive crime related offences—are required to provide a sample to be tested for specified Class A drugs.Tables 1, 2 and 3 show the number of positive tests under the Drug Interventions Programme for heroin only, cocaine only, and heroin and cocaine combined, for each financial year since data was available.

Table 1: Heroin only
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	223	213	408	319	334
Bedfordshire	179	223	328	90	165
Cambridgeshire	164	157	277	196	244
City of London	—	—	124	84	102
Cleveland	596	516	1,073	988	1,031
Devon and Cornwall	222	160	126	79	55
Greater Manchester	1,299	1,834	2,436	1,762	1,947
Gwent	—	39	111	87	180
Humberside	510	545	871	663	878
Lancashire	244	278	237	217	207
Leicestershire	212	382	641	529	808
Merseyside	480	361	521	705	1,175
Metropolitan police	1,393	1,932	2,935	2,326	2,763
North Wales	220	149	122	124	145
Northamptonshire	—	134	186	167	206
Northumbria	591	750	1,426	1,108	1,106
Nottinghamshire	558	953	1,617	989	852
South Wales	1	499	557	532	678
South Yorkshire	823	1,446	1,710	1,392	1,427
Staffordshire	171	127	191	183	58
Thames Valley	232	170	299	356	545
West Midlands	898	2,157	3,063	2,571	2,746
West Yorkshire	817	1,229	2,184	1,854	1,890

Table 2: Cocaine only (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine)
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	310	327	610	756	920
Bedfordshire	156	333	667	429	371
Cambridgeshire	58	69	114	190	223
City of London	—	—	228	274	206
Cleveland	271	274	696	1,011	994
Devon and Cornwall	19	37	26	47	41
Greater Manchester	1,051	1,872	2,816	3,840	3,080
Gwent	—	58	64	90	86
Humberside	223	188	431	583	565
Lancashire	46	63	47	76	111
Leicestershire	127	143	372	408	569
Merseyside	584	516	1,401	2,781	3,396
Metropolitan police	3,327	3,700	8,469	10,084	9,450
North Wales	27	33	34	71	64
Northamptonshire	—	123	298	375	342
Northumbria	210	391	1,091	1,140	1,208
Nottinghamshire	355	647	1,350	1,377	1,215
South Wales	—	181	166	326	351
South Yorkshire	381	656	906	1,425	1,298
Staffordshire	48	39	51	66	25
Thames Valley	292	359	658	1,012	914
West Midlands	726	1,205	3,012	4,921	4,592
West Yorkshire	358	620	1,909	3,165	3,116

Table 3: Both heroin and cocaine (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine)
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	609	697	1,335	1,402	1,194
Bedfordshire	276	421	960	527	347
Cambridgeshire	67	126	179	215	272
City of London	—	—	361	350	206
Cleveland	391	457	1,048	1,166	880
Devon and Cornwall	28	46	25	33	15
Greater Manchester	1,480	2,612	3,392	3,384	2,718
Gwent	—	64	129	157	102
Humberside	282	316	712	850	599
Lancashire	126	123	114	156	86
Leicestershire	140	242	463	479	537
Merseyside	1,483	1,213	2,114	2,223	2,265
Metropolitan police	3,528	4,844	8,801	8,733	7,372
North Wales	77	68	66	90	58
Northamptonshire	—	136	254	206	169
Northumbria	142	333	553	548	537
Nottinghamshire	566	1,374	2,342	1,720	1,188
South Wales	—	318	235	383	339
South Yorkshire	833	1,455	2,182	1,954	1,499
Staffordshire	102	92	89	94	39
Thames Valley	528	518	919	1,152	973
West Midlands	1,235	2,816	5,268	5,677	4,647
West Yorkshire	747	1,298	3,272	3,637	2,959

Tables 4, 5 and 6 show the proportion of tests under DIP which were positive for heroin only, cocaine only, and heroin and cocaine combined, for each financial year since data was available.

Table 4: Heroin only
Percentage
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	11	10	8	6	6
Bedfordshire	16	12	7	4	7
Cambridgeshire	20	14	13	10	11
City of London	—	—	7	5	6
Cleveland	23	21	16	13	13
Devon and Cornwall	32	23	22	13	17
Greater Manchester	13	11	10	7	8
Gwent	—	11	17	13	18
Humberside	17	20	15	11	13
Lancashire	26	27	23	20	18
Leicestershire	16	17	13	12	14
Merseyside	11	9	6	6	7
Metropolitan police	8	9	5	4	5
North Wales	31	28	24	16	21
Northamptonshire	—	14	8	6	8
Northumbria	21	18	14	12	10
Nottinghamshire	18	14	11	9	8
South Wales	100	21	24	18	19
South Yorkshire	20	18	14	12	11
Staffordshire	24	25	26	22	17
Thames Valley	11	8	6	6	7
West Midlands	14	17	10	7	8
West Yorkshire	18	17	10	7	7

Table 5: Cocaine only (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine)
Percentage
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	15	16	12	15	17
Bedfordshire	14	18	14	17	15
Cambridgeshire	7	6	5	10	10
City of London	—	—	13	15	12
Cleveland	10	11	11	14	13
Devon and Cornwall	3	5	5	8	13
Greater Manchester	11	11	12	16	13
Gwent	—	16	10	13	9
Humberside	7	7	7	10	8
Lancashire	5	6	5	7	10
Leicestershire	10	6	8	9	10
Merseyside	13	13	17	23	21
Metropolitan police	20	17	16	19	18
North Wales	4	6	7	9	9
Northamptonshire	—	13	12	14	13
Northumbria	8	9	11	12	11
Nottinghamshire	11t	9	9	13	12
South Wales	0	8	7	11	10
South Yorkshire	9	8	8	12	10
Staffordshire	7	8	7	8	7
Thames Valley	14	17	14	16	12
West Midlands	11	9	10	14	13
West Yorkshire	8	9	9	13	12

Table 6: Both heroin and cocaine (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine)
Percentage
Force	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Avon and Somerset	30	33	26	28	22
Bedfordshire	24	23	21	21	14
Cambridgeshire	8	11	8	11	12
City of London	—	—	20	19	12
Cleveland	15	19	16	16	11
Devon and Cornwall	4	7	4	5	5
Greater Manchester	15	16	14	14	11
Gwent	—	18	20	23	10
Humberside	9	12	12	14	9
Lancashire	14	12	11	14	8
Leicestershire	11	11	10	11	9
Merseyside	33	31	25	18	14
Metropolitan police	21	23	16	16	14
North Wales	11	13	13	11	8
Northamptonshire	—	14	10	8	6
Northumbria	5	8	5	6	5
Nottinghamshire	18	20	16	16	11
South Wales	0	13	10	13	9
South Yorkshire	20	18	18	16	12
Staffordshire	14	18	12	12	11
Thames Valley	26	24	19	18	13
West Midlands	19	22	17	16	13
West Yorkshire	17	18	15	15	11

The question asks for numbers testing positive for crack cocaine. It is not possible to provide data on positive tests for crack cocaine only because the drug test conducted as part of DIP does not distinguish between powder cocaine and crack cocaine.Between 2003 and 2005 the programme operated drug testing at the point of charge. From 2005 to the present time the programme has operated drug testing at the point of arrest, which has led to an increase in the number of individuals required to be tested.

Date

26 October 2009

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498 c178-84W;498 c176-82W; 294178

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