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Deportations

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are awaiting deportation from the UK due to failed asylum and immigration applications. [27297]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not available. Published statistics on immigration and asylum issues are available on the Home Office's Research Development and Statistics website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html

Drugs Offences

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions there were in each police authority area for offences relating to (i) the possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C)C drugs in each year since 1997. [25040]

 
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Paul Goggins: Data from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on the number of cautions and convictions for possession of and dealing in drugs, broken down by class of drug, is provided in the
 
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following table. Data for 2004 will be available at the end of November. The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
Number of offenders found guilty for selected drug offences, by police force area: England and Wales, 1997 to 2003

Offence	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Possession of a class A drug
Avon and Somerset	205	183	239	219	209	192	182
Bedfordshire	30	57	82	79	112	62	25
Cambridgeshire	48	76	97	86	119	100	77
Cheshire	180	221	238	209	200	161	134
Cleveland	41	94	135	196	195	267	257
Cumbria	62	78	68	69	68	101	104
Derbyshire	64	76	106	149	167	166	160
Devon and Cornwall	170	141	182	206	257	361	469
Dorset	67	102	141	178	173	195	186
Durham	24	30	27	67	126	123	123
Essex	117	163	198	193	198	167	164
Gloucestershire	54	88	100	141	149	128	107
Greater Manchester	314	324	277	346	361	381	425
Hampshire	117	158	217	291	308	285	283
Hertfordshire	60	57	78	85	97	84	110
Humberside	83	84	100	113	125	98	124
Kent	75	112	199	236	242	289	218
Lancashire	262	319	288	326	357	391	339
Leicestershire	63	80	122	170	250	221	175
Lincolnshire	64	63	50	53	183	154	151
London	1,503	2,089	2,557	2,376	2,434	2,384	2,158
Merseyside	270	314	319	305	284	288	355
Norfolk	76	92	113	117	131	150	162
North Yorkshire	116	114	138	121	77	77	79
Northamptonshire	31	76	84	76	91	60	46
Northumbria	90	123	193	285	478	461	505
Nottinghamshire	67	127	194	260	286	275	279
South Yorkshire	261	384	470	513	489	376	379
Staffordshire	183	192	181	140	155	194	211
Suffolk	59	45	61	72	79	98	105
Surrey	58	46	64	82	118	103	87
Sussex	123	116	128	130	163	177	168
Thames Valley	156	238	297	285	293	334	273
Warwickshire	28	30	54	50	58	55	41
West Mercia	82	109	171	195	245	141	163
West Midlands	189	272	409	637	875	861	794
West Yorkshire	734	798	772	692	519	583	542
Wiltshire	47	55	67	118	153	104	80
Dyfed-Powys	59	99	101	137	135	168	137
Gwent	100	185	204	168	154	147	105
North Wales	73	74	79	103	111	119	144
South Wales	80	83	120	165	324	336	359
Possession of a class B drug
Avon and Somerset	175	238	300	352	307	306	313
Bedfordshire	240	335	318	230	237	80	75
Cambridgeshire	182	190	172	113	127	108	140
Cheshire	442	590	596	452	397	518	477
Cleveland	105	149	249	261	288	434	472
Cumbria	268	280	243	184	150	205	235
Derbyshire	215	262	315	235	262	252	286
Devon and Cornwall	680	803	712	623	493	596	598
Dorset	133	272	342	304	308	319	369
Durham	140	148	177	255	341	316	323
Essex	566	645	646	619	605	598	549
Gloucestershire	160	210	220	181	236	239	212
Greater Manchester	741	919	969	974	999	1,245	1,452
Hampshire	665	945	1,074	803	530	315	485
Hertfordshire	299	277	266	248	254	287	329
Humberside	196	275	296	270	233	320	339
Kent	700	1,060	1,056	875	815	905	726
Lancashire	799	1,101	981	790	749	874	891
Leicestershire	312	391	307	249	305	380	415
Lincolnshire	381	408	210	180	290	261	297
London	4,184	5,659	5,403	4,802	4,571	5,850	6,346
Merseyside	1,275	1,567	1,403	1,070	1,005	1,377	1,572
Norfolk	367	438	385	269	249	278	356
North Yorkshire	272	428	385	176	119	155	175
Northamptonshire	86	178	150	139	87	73	70
Northumbria	433	896	1,129	1,067	1,174	1,315	1,332
Nottinghamshire	306	327	360	321	327	351	420
South Yorkshire	520	610	692	699	640	672	807
Staffordshire	308	343	305	170	170	258	303
Suffolk	263	284	276	229	183	230	256
Surrey	235	281	337	372	345	330	295
Sussex	396	408	344	297	413	441	419
Thames Valley	637	781	732	607	651	712	625
Warwickshire	85	101	104	106	73	80	101
West Mercia	313	374	345	244	230	211	224
West Midlands	900	1,354	1,275	1,402	1,572	1,794	1,989
West Yorkshire	1,141	1,396	1,209	971	905	956	1,104
Wiltshire	140	202	243	186	226	181	181
Dyfed-Powys	350	566	528	400	497	514	528
Gwent	258	331	339	375	317	272	321
North Wales	293	437	430	316	280	308	389
South Wales	750	900	864	795	1,000	1,223	1,297
Possession of a class C drug
Avon and Somerset	1	1	2	6	5	4	8
Bedfordshire	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Cambridgeshire	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
Cheshire	5	8	4	5	2	1	1
Cleveland	4	4	0	0	0	1	3
Cumbria	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Derbyshire	4	5	6	5	5	5	4
Devon and Cornwall	4	6	8	0	4	2	6
Dorset	1	2	3	1	1	2	6
Durham	2	1	3	4	3	6	2
Essex	4	2	5	1	0	1	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Greater Manchester	12	16	3	9	10	7	11
Hampshire	6	6	5	2	241	371	324
Hertfordshire	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
Humberside	15	17	12	10	8	13	11
Kent	1	9	4	4	6	6	2
Lancashire	10	5	9	7	6	4	8
Leicestershire	2	1	3	5	2	6	6
Lincolnshire	3	1	1	2	1	2	2
London	13	11	12	10	5	9	24
Merseyside	5	11	10	3	3	1	6
Norfolk	1	4	2	2	0	1	0
North Yorkshire	4	4	4	1	1	2	5
Northamptonshire	3	0	0	1	3	3	4
Northumbria	8	19	17	11	18	20	24
Nottinghamshire	1	5	2	1	1	2	6
South Yorkshire	3	9	3	5	4	5	2
Staffordshire	2	6	5	0	2	2	4
Suffolk	0	0	0	2	1	1	2
Surrey	2	1	4	0	0	0	1
Sussex	4	1	2	4	4	3	6
Thames Valley	1	0	3	2	1	3	2
Warwickshire	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
West Mercia	1	1	4	0	3	1	1
West Midlands	1	2	4	2	4	8	5
West Yorkshire	2	6	4	2	2	2	5
Wiltshire	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Dyfed-Powys	4	5	2	2	7	11	4
Gwent	2	3	2	1	3	3	2
North Wales	1	2	1	1	2	1	1
South Wales	7	9	8	5	6	17	7
Dealing class A
Avon and Somerset	103	126	123	115	105	122	157
Bedfordshire	33	37	33	30	47	55	58
Cambridgeshire	16	42	34	46	62	63	146
Cheshire	80	77	94	87	78	102	82
Cleveland	51	40	55	67	115	126	141
Cumbria	54	33	94	37	62	56	65
Derbyshire	62	49	53	71	95	136	107
Devon and Cornwall	78	51	110	83	137	137	158
Dorset	33	52	46	51	60	55	41
Durham	27	32	47	65	81	66	64
Essex	77	85	69	88	69	96	80
Gloucestershire	17	26	26	33	33	36	49
Greater Manchester	329	360	386	351	289	316	363
Hampshire	60	57	112	105	138	117	145
Hertfordshire	26	29	32	29	57	61	51
Humberside	86	68	105	73	73	115	110
Kent	64	123	121	187	131	123	152
Lancashire	177	103	154	154	189	254	322
Leicestershire	21	40	23	51	61	71	90
Lincolnshire	11	13	28	20	41	40	54
London	676	946	1,086	1,056	1,474	1,433	1,253
Merseyside	157	155	137	232	214	241	332
Norfolk	38	49	57	71	48	60	47
North Yorkshire	27	37	30	42	52	52	51
Northamptonshire	33	35	44	57	51	37	36
Northumbria	89	95	80	170	210	193	223
Nottinghamshire	61	48	112	124	134	130	137
South Yorkshire	103	164	118	147	197	145	203
Staffordshire	116	109	99	111	75	123	92
Suffolk	39	54	33	39	33	35	50
Surrey	22	11	28	45	47	55	50
Sussex	62	204	219	243	334	379	289
Thames Valley	119	120	115	95	137	129	134
Warwickshire	25	31	26	35	29	27	21
West Mercia	72	85	80	111	137	100	104
West Midlands	129	159	146	247	305	301	385
West Yorkshire	340	322	468	504	468	333	265
Wiltshire	33	19	26	46	60	55	48
Dyfed-Powys	40	27	55	52	73	63	60
Gwent	39	53	48	56	79	61	36
North Wales	47	45	31	45	56	45	44
South Wales	54	63	81	113	189	177	183
Dealing class B
Avon and Somerset	113	127	112	99	76	75	92
Bedfordshire	59	50	49	39	24	23	32
Cambridgeshire	94	66	86	40	20	41	30
Cheshire	133	122	65	69	41	43	50
Cleveland	82	62	50	46	39	50	54
Cumbria	91	81	51	42	19	37	43
Derbyshire	108	107	87	90	80	57	57
Devon and Cornwall	277	245	199	138	96	126	102
Dorset	58	87	81	55	33	37	44
Durham	102	122	86	65	57	56	67
Essex	172	203	166	88	83	91	81
Gloucestershire	46	51	39	33	11	17	24
Greater Manchester	389	370	427	392	248	254	283
Hampshire	273	329	231	160	84	108	177
Hertfordshire	78	66	68	51	47	42	44
Humberside	141	148	128	82	46	60	71
Kent	197	378	228	150	108	106	119
Lancashire	194	233	151	105	65	115	116
Leicestershire	140	135	107	92	55	68	99
Lincolnshire	90	78	58	34	33	36	29
London	923	997	862	558	607	725	621
Merseyside	193	186	134	121	85	64	85
Norfolk	155	96	119	66	38	54	61
North Yorkshire	78	83	85	53	35	52	49
Northamptonshire	87	88	68	54	19	27	17
Northumbria	252	306	214	171	155	136	156
Nottinghamshire	195	166	148	133	101	84	121
South Yorkshire	224	255	189	129	114	94	142
Staffordshire	127	128	91	105	61	74	88
Suffolk	93	107	91	78	46	42	61
Surrey	66	67	59	45	40	32	40
Sussex	129	183	124	129	149	154	154
Thames Valley	216	215	171	117	118	104	118
Warwickshire	61	49	29	25	15	20	39
West Mercia	147	144	97	98	74	56	60
West Midlands	367	350	347	290	232	237	276
West Yorkshire	407	421	304	232	123	113	156
Wiltshire	51	86	61	53	28	30	49
Dyfed-Powys	160	169	120	102	60	71	72
Gwent	114	126	119	82	75	42	58
North Wales	88	127	69	50	38	46	33
South Wales	261	297	297	187	131	146	165
Dealing class C
Avon and Somerset	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Bedfordshire	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cambridgeshire	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Cheshire	1	2	1	0	0	1	2
Cleveland	2	3	5	1	4	2	5
Cumbria	2	1	1	0	1	0	2
Derbyshire	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
Devon and Cornwall	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Dorset	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Durham	5	2	3	1	1	3	5
Essex	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Greater Manchester	7	8	3	5	3	4	5
Hampshire	1	1	0	2	0	2	1
Humberside	1	2	1	0	2	4	4
Kent	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lancashire	3	2	5	2	0	0	0
Leicestershire	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Lincolnshire	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
London	4	5	2	3	2	4	4
Merseyside	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Norfolk	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
North Yorkshire	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
Northumbria	9	12	7	5	9	10	4
Nottinghamshire	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
South Yorkshire	3	1	0	2	0	2	2
Staffordshire	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
Suffolk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surrey	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Sussex	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Thames Valley	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
Warwickshire	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
West Mercia	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
West Midlands	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
West Yorkshire	4	4	1	15	19	22	10
Wiltshire	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Gwent	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
North Wales	0	4	1	2	0	0	0
South Wales	6	1	6	3	2	5	5

Note:
These data are on a principal offence basis.
Source:
RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.





 
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