Cocaine Tom Brake To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what quantity of cocaine was seized at (a) Gatwick and (b) Heathrow airports in each month between April 2008 and March 2009. Mr. Woolas From April 2008 until March 2009, a total of 1,158.42 kilos of cocaine were seized by UKBA officers working in the Border Force South Region, which includes Gatwick airport and all ports along the South Coast. During the same period a total of 434.23 kilos of cocaine were seized by UKBA officers in the Heathrow region. The following tables provide a monthly breakdown of these seizures. ----------------------------------------- | |Cocaine quantity (kilos)| ----------------------------------------- |April 2008 |62.50 | ----------------------------------------- |May 2008 |87.06 | ----------------------------------------- |June 2008 |69.59 | ----------------------------------------- |July 2008 |165.42 | ----------------------------------------- |August 2008 |50.20 | ----------------------------------------- |September 2008|167.11 | ----------------------------------------- |October 2008 |105.54 | ----------------------------------------- |November 2008 |45.25 | ----------------------------------------- |December 2008 |43.97 | ----------------------------------------- |January 2009 |24.43 | ----------------------------------------- |February 2009 |299.88 | ----------------------------------------- |March 2009 |37.47 | ----------------------------------------- |Period total |1,158.42 | ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- | |Cocaine quantity (kilos)| ----------------------------------------- |April 2008 |26.16 | ----------------------------------------- |May 2008 |30.31 | ----------------------------------------- |June 2008 |77.08 | ----------------------------------------- |July 2008 |45.53 | ----------------------------------------- |August 2008 |32.91 | ----------------------------------------- |September 2008|18.25 | ----------------------------------------- |October 2008 |44.54 | ----------------------------------------- |November 2008 |78.35 | ----------------------------------------- |December 2008 |16.37 | ----------------------------------------- |January 2009 |18.60 | ----------------------------------------- |February 2009 |24.87 | ----------------------------------------- |March 2009 |21.27 | ----------------------------------------- |Period total |434.23 | ----------------------------------------- The above data have been extracted from locally-collated management information. It is provisional and therefore may be subject to change.