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Offenders: Drugs and Mentally Ill

Volume 501: debated on Tuesday 24 November 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) offences and (ii) reoffences which are committed each year by those with substance misuse problems; (300804)

(2) what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) offences and (ii) reoffences which are committed each year by those with mental health problems.

The requested information is not available. The Ministry of Justice’s extract of data from the police national computer can provide information on the previous convictions and reoffences of offenders. However, the database does not identify offenders with substance misuse problems or those with mental health problems.