To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of admissions for drug-related incidents per 1,000 admissions for 18 to 21-year-olds was for (a) university hospitals, (b) other hospitals and (c) all hospitals in each of the last 10 years. (264151)

A table showing what data are held on the rate of admissions for drug-related incidents per 1,000 admissions, has been placed in the Library.

It is important to note that the diagnosis codes used to record hospital admission episodes do not distinguish between recreational, illicit or medicinal use of drugs.