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Young People: Drugs

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children and young people under the age of 18 years were admitted to hospital due to the ingestion of (a) illegal drugs and (b) volatile substances in each of the last five years. (150737)

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The specific information requested is not collected. However, the following table shows the number of finished admission episodes of young people under the age of 18, for the most commonly abused illegal drugs and volatile substances, for the last five years.

Count of finished admission episodes for selected primary diagnoses for ages 0-17 years for 2001 to 2006, national health service hospitals, England

Illegal drugs

Volatile substances

2001-02

1,345

633

2002-03

1,367

630

2003-04

1,336

692

2004-05

1,138

903

2005-06

1,253

1,005

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care.