To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crack houses were successfully closed (a) in England and Wales and (b) by the West Midlands police in each of the last three years. (120596)

[holding answer 9 February 2007]: The data are not available in the form requested.

The number of closure orders made in England and Wales in the last three years, as reported by Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships, is set out in the following table.