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19.
Mr. Alton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug dealers have been convicted in the past 12 months.
Mr. John Patten
A total of 2,001 people were convicted of the unlawful supply of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom during 1990 and 2,699 people were convicted of being unlawfully in possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another.