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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population has been imprisoned in each of the last 10 years as a result of crimes committed to support the use of (a) heroin, (b) tobacco, (c) cocaine and (d) cannabis. - Inc ref to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population has been imprisoned in each of the last 10 years as a result of crimes committed to support the use of (a) heroin, (b) tobacco, (c) cocaine and (d) cannabis. - Inc ref to...
Asked by
Baroness Tonge
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 November 2000
For answer on
30 November 2000
Answered on
30 November 2000
Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population has been imprisoned in
each of the last 10 years as a result of crimes committed to support the use of (a) heroin, (b) tobacco, (c) cocaine and (d)
cannabis. [140859]
Mr. Boateng: The information requested is not available. No statistics are collated centrally on offences committed to support the
use of illegal drugs and tobacco. However, information on persons who have been convicted of drug offences is contained in the Home
Office Bulletin on Drug Seizure and Offenders, a copy of which is in the Library. Reference was made in a written answer on 27
November 2000, Official Report, column 441W, to the hon. Member about information bearing on the relationship between drug use and
crime that is becoming available through Home Office's programme of interviewing and drug testing arrestees.
Subjects
Crime; Cannabis; Convictions; Drugs; Prisoners; Misuse; Tobacco; Heroin; Cocaine
Date
30 November 2000
Reference
357 c932W; 140859
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the number of people receiving incapacity benefit, or its equivalent, on the grounds of dependency on (a) drugs and (b) alcohol for each year since 1990. - Inc table and fact that separate figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the number of people receiving incapacity benefit, or its equivalent, on the grounds of dependency on (a) drugs and (b) alcohol for each year since 1990. - Inc table and fact that separate figures...
Asked by
Lord Pickles
(Conservative)
Answered by
Hugh Bayley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
30 November 2000
Answered on
30 November 2000
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the number of people receiving
Incapacity Benefit, or its equivalent, on the grounds of dependency on (a) drugs and (b) alcohol for each year since 1990.
[139322]
Mr. Bayley: Incapacity Benefit replaced Sickness Benefit and Invalidity Benefit in April 1995. As separate figures for Sickness
Benefit are not available, the table shows the number of people with a diagnosis of alcoholism or drug abuse as the main medical
condition who, at a date in each year since 1990, were entitled to Invalidity Benefit or the Incapacity Benefit equivalent (either
short-term higher or long- term rates).
Thousand
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Alcoholism Drug abuse
31 March 1990 4.3 *0.8
30 March 1991 5.0 *1.0
4 April 1992 5.6 *1.6
3 April 1993 7.3 *1.6
2 April 1994 8.6 2.6
12 April 1995 8.7 2.8
29 February 1996 9.0 2.8
28 February 1997 10.3 2.9
28 February 1998 11.3 3.8
28 February 1999 11.8 4.1
29 February 2000 12.7 4.4
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes: 1. Diagnosis codes are coded from the International Classification of Diseases, 9{th} edition up to 1995, and the 10{th}
edition from the introduction of IB. If there is more than one diagnosis, only the first shown is coded. It should also be noted
that some doctor's may be reluctant to show these diagnosis on medical certificates. 2. Figures for Sickness Benefit recipients are
excluded as they cannot be separated from claims to National Insurance credits only. 3. Numbers marked * are taken from very few
sample cases and are therefore subject to a high degree of error, they should therefore only be used as an indication of the
situation. Numbers are expressed as thousands and are rounded to the nearest hundred. Sources: Figures from 1990 to 1995 are taken
from a 1 per cent. sample of IVB claimants. 1996 figures are taken from a 5 per cent. sample of the benefit computer system and
exclude a small number of cases held clerically.
Subjects
Alcoholism; Drugs; Incapacity benefit; Misuse; Recipients; Social security benefits
Date
30 November 2000
Reference
139322; 357 c840-1W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the trend has been in the number of deaths in the UK resulting from heroin use between 1990 and the most recent year for which figures are available. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics....
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the trend has been in the number of deaths in the UK resulting from heroin use between 1990 and the most recent year for which figures are available. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics....
Asked by
Paul Flynn
(Labour)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 November 2000
For answer on
30 November 2000
Answered on
30 November 2000
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the trend has been in the number of deaths in the UK resulting from heroin
use between 1990 and the most recent year for which figures are available. [137468]
Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 20 November 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National
Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 30 November 2000:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on the trend in the number of deaths in the UK resulting
from heroin use between 1990 and the most recent year for which figures are available (137468). I am replying in his absence.
Methods for identifying deaths related to heroin differ among the constituent countries of the UK. Figures on the basis currently
used in all countries are only available from 1994 onwards.
For Britain (England & Wales and Scotland), these figures represent the number of deaths where the underlying cause of death is
regarded as resulting from drug-related poisoning, according to the current National Statistics definition, and heroin or morphine
were either mentioned on the death certificate, or in additional available information. As heroin breaks down in the body into
morphine, the latter may be detected at post mortem and recorded on the death certificate. Figures are therefore provided for deaths
with a mention of either substance.
Figures for Northern Ireland represent deaths where the underlying cause was due to poisoning by opiates and related narcotics, code
N965.0 in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Division, (ICD9).
The figures requested are presented in the table below:
Deaths with a mention of heroin or morphine{ 1} in Britain, and in Northern Ireland those due to poisoning by opiates and related
narcotics{ 2}, 1994-98
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year Number
1994 336
1995 439
1996 557
1997 525
1998 764
Total 2,621
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Deaths with underlying cause codes 292, 304, 305.2-305.9, E850-E858, E950.0-E950.5, E962.0 and E980.0-E980.5, using the
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, (ICD9), where heroin or morphine was mentioned on the death certificate.
{2} Deaths with an underlying cause of ICD9 N965.0
Subjects
Death; Drugs; Misuse; Heroin
Date
30 November 2000
Reference
357 c943-4W; 137468
House
House of Commons
To ask the Solicitor General, what was the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service of the attempted prosecutions in relation to Operation Nectarine; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figure.
To ask the Solicitor General, what was the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service of the attempted prosecutions in relation to Operation Nectarine; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figure.
Asked by
Andrew Mackinlay
(Labour)
Answered by
Ross Cranston
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Mr. Mackinlay: To ask the Solicitor-General what was the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service of the attempted prosecutions in
relation to Operation Nectarine; and if he will make a statement. [140071]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted eight defendants, one of whom pleaded guilty, following a police
investigation into the alleged importation of cannabis.
This joint investigation between Kent police, the National Crime Squad and the Metropolitan police CIB3 was known as Operation
Nectarine.
The total cost to the CPS of the trial and the pre-trial case preparation amounted to £481,891. This comprised £82,000 resource
costs directly attributable to the CPS and a further £399,891 in Counsel's fees.
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings; Cannabis; Costs; Crown Prosecution Service; Inquiries; Drugs; Police; Prosecutions; Misuse; Metropolitan Police; Trials; Kent Police; National Crime Squad
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c602W; 140071
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Asked by
Anne Begg
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What recent discussions she has had with other departments regarding public information on the long term effects of designer drugs, with specific reference to ecstasy.
Subjects
Information; Drugs; Misuse; Research
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c945-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Asked by
Ann Winterton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What priorities for action she has identified following publication of the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Second Annual Report.
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse; Young people; UK Anti-drugs Coordinator
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c947
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Information; Drugs; Misuse; Research
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c945-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c947-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c946
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c946-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What priorities for action she has identified following publication of the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Second Annual Report.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What priorities for action she has identified following publication of the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Second Annual Report.
Asked by
Ann Winterton
(Conservative)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse; Young people; UK Anti-drugs Coordinator
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c947; 139176
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse; Young people; UK Anti-drugs Coordinator
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c947
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps she is taking to expand the availability of anti-drug treatment services across the United Kingdom. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What steps she is taking to expand the availability of anti-drug treatment services across the United Kingdom. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
Asked by
Liz Blackman
(Labour)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Liz Blackman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps she is taking to expand the availability of anti-drug treatment
services across the United Kingdom. [139198]
Mr. Ian McCartney: A key objective of the Government's 10 year strategy for tackling drug misuse is to increase the participation of
problem drug misusers, including prisoners, in drug treatment programmes which have a positive impact on health and crime by 100 per
cent. by 2008 compared to 1998. The Anti-Drug Co-ordinator's report for 1999-2000 shows an increase of some 7 per cent. in those
presenting to services compared to 1998 figures. In order to improve further the availability of treatment services the recent
spending review announced plans to increase expenditure on treatment services from £243 million in 2000-01 to £401 million for
2003-04.
Subjects
Access; Finance; Drugs; Misuse; Rehabilitation
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c672W;357 c671W; 139198
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average age of heroin users was in each of the last 10 years. - Includes figures.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average age of heroin users was in each of the last 10 years. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Baroness Tonge
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Dr. Tonge: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average age of heroin users was in each of the last 10 years.
[140366]
Mr. Ian McCartney: Information is available from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases for drug users presenting to treatment services
in England for the first time (or for the first time for six months or more). This shows that the average age of those who reported
heroin as their main drug of misuse has been 27 years for each six month period from 1 April--30 September 1996 to 1 April--30
September 1999. Between 1990 and 1996 the average age of addicts notified to the Home Office's Addicts Index for the first time fell
by about 12 months to 25.9 years. During the same period the average age of addicts renotified remained fairly constant at between
30.1 and 30.8 years. Typically, female addicts were between 6 and 12 months younger than their male counterparts.
Subjects
Age; Drugs; Misuse; Heroin
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c667W;357 c666W; 140366
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, How many drug misusers there are in Gloucestershire. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, How many drug misusers there are in Gloucestershire. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
Asked by
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(Conservative)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many drug misusers there are in Gloucestershire. [139181]
Mr. Ian McCartney: Figures provided by the Gloucestershire Drug Action Team indicate that some 1,224 drug misusers accessed one or
other form of treatment service within Gloucestershire during 1999-2000.
Some £2.3 million has been made available to fund treatment services within the DAT area this year. This will rise to over £2.4
million next year. To improve the efficient delivery of these vital services representatives from the statutory and non-statutory
sector met recently to agree priorities for ensuring the more effective delivery of treatment in the region.
Subjects
Finance; Drugs; Misuse; Rehabilitation; Gloucestershire
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c667-8W; 139181
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on anti-drugs coordinators annual report and number of drug related deaths.
Supplementary on anti-drugs coordinators annual report and number of drug related deaths.
Asked by
Brian Iddon
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 November 2000
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c947-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on long term effects of designer drugs particularly ecstasy.
Supplementary on long term effects of designer drugs particularly ecstasy.
Asked by
Nigel Evans
(Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 November 2000
Subjects
Drugs; Misuse
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c946
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the classification of GHB.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the classification of GHB.
Asked by
Ben Chapman
(Labour)
Answered by
Charles Clarke
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the classification of GHB.
[139195]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Gammahydroxbutyrate (GHB) is not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. It is regarded as an unlicensed
medicinal product under the provisions of the Medicines Act 1968. The Medicines Control Agency investigates reports of the unlawful
manufacture, advertising, sale and supply of GHB in the United Kingdom and has brought a number of successful prosecutions in the
last few years.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has considered whether GHB should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act on
a number of occasions, most recently on 16 November 2000. On each occasion ACMD has concluded, based on the available information
about its misuse, that control of GHB under the Misuse of Drugs Act is not appropriate. But the Council has asked for further
information to be gathered with a view to reviewing this decision at its next meeting on 31 May 2001.
Separately, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has completed a risk assessment on GHB. The European
Commission presented its draft recommendations on this risk assessment to the European Union Horizontal Drugs Group (HDG) of
officials on 22 November. HDG will consider the matter further at its next meeting on 19 December.
In addition, the World Health Organisation has recommended that GHB should be scheduled under Schedule IV of the United Nations (UN)
Convention of Psychotropic Substances 1971. This recommendation will be considered at the meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic
Drugs in March 2001.
Subjects
Crime; Drugs; Misuse; Rape; Gamma hydroxybutyrate
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c681W;357 c680-1W; 139195
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If she will list the main achievements of the Drugs Strategy. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures and ref to UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Annual Report for 1999-2000.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If she will list the main achievements of the Drugs Strategy. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures and ref to UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Annual Report for 1999-2000.
Asked by
Fiona Mactaggart
(Labour)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the main achievements of the drugs strategy.
[139190]
Mr. Ian McCartney: Good progress is being made in all areas of the Government's anti-drugs strategy. Key achievements to date are
outlined in the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's Annual Report for 1999-2000, published on 7 November.
In particular:
Young people There has been a steady expansion of drug education in schools (with 93 per cent. of secondary and 75 per cent. of
primary schools now having a drug education policy in place) and targeted drug prevention programmes focusing on young people at
risk.
Treatment The number of drug misusers receiving treatment continues to rise.
Communities We have made good progress in breaking the link between drugs and crime by identifying and helping drug misusing
offenders to tackle their problems. We have rolled out the Drug Treatment and Testing Orders across England and Wales, and are well
ahead of our 2002 target of ensuring that Arrest Referral Schemes cover all custody suites in all police forces in England and
Wales.
Availability Class A drugs with a value of £1.2 billion were prevented from reaching the UK, an increase of 33.5 per cent. on the
previous year, and an increase of 9.2 per cent. in the number of Class A trafficking groups disrupted--nearly double the target.
We know there is still more to do. And new money made available to us under the recent Spending Review 2000 will help us to drive
the Strategy aims forward.
Subjects
Crime prevention; Drugs; Misuse; Policy; Rehabilitation; Young people
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c670-1W;357 c669W; 139190
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What changes have taken place in the number of heroin deaths in the United Kingdom in the past 12 years. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures and ref to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report "Reducing drug related deaths".
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, What changes have taken place in the number of heroin deaths in the United Kingdom in the past 12 years. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures and ref to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report "Reducing drug related deaths".
Asked by
Paul Flynn
(Labour)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what changes have taken place in the number of heroin deaths in the United
Kingdom in the past 12 years. [139197]
Mr. Ian McCartney: Due to significant changes in the way data were collected and recorded prior to 1993 it is not possible to
provide direct comparisons over the last 12 years.
However, in 1993 there were 254 deaths in England and Wales where heroin, or heroin and morphine, were recorded on the death
certificate. For 1998 this figure has risen to 1,039.
The Government are determined to reduce the number of these deaths as part of our anti-drugs strategy. We have recently announced
our plans to spend some £996 million by 2003-04 tackling the root causes of drug misuse compared to the £700 million being spent
this year.
In addition the Government are currently considering how we can most effectively implement the recommendations contained within the
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report "Reducing drug related deaths".
Subjects
Death; Finance; Drugs; Misuse; Heroin
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c672W;357 c670-1W; 139197
House
House of Commons