To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to the inclusion of a question on mephedrone use in the British Crime Survey. (317556)

A question on mephedrone use will be added to the British Crime Survey from April 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in respect of mephedrone use. (317558)

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) advised me of its concerns regarding the potential harms associated with the cathinones, including mephedrone, in correspondence sent on 22 December 2009. The council’s commitment to review these compounds as a matter of urgency was reinforced at a meeting between myself and the interim Chair of the Council on 2 February 2010. The council are progressing this at a meeting to be held on the 22 February 2010, and will report to Ministers as soon as is practicable.