Drugs: Crime Mr. Ruffley To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police cautions were issued for (a) possession and (b) possession with intent for (i) class A, (ii) class B and (c) class C drug offences in each year since 1997. Mr. Alan Campbell Information provided by the Ministry of Justice showing the number of cautions given for possession of a controlled drug, by class, in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007 (latest available), can be viewed in table 1. The number given for possession with intent to supply can be viewed in table 2. Cautions and court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010. ------------------------------------------------------ | |Year|Class A|Class B|Class C| ------------------------------------------------------ |Class A |1997|3,918 |48,728 |249 | ------------------------------------------------------ |92/50-92/59 93/67 |1998|4,130 |51,515 |242 | ------------------------------------------------------ |Class B |1999|4,266 |42,560 |164 | ------------------------------------------------------ |92/60-92/65 |2000|4,479 |34,595 |147 | ------------------------------------------------------ |Class C |2001|4,583 |33,182 |108 | ------------------------------------------------------ |92/66-92/68 93/71-93/72|2002|4,563 |38,482 |149 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |2003|4,764 |38,845 |149 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |2004|5,576 |10,114 |14,605 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |2005|7,431 |3,621 |20,805 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |2006|10,139 |2,746 |21,367 | ------------------------------------------------------ | |2007|13,536 |3,262 |22,643 | ------------------------------------------------------ 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| |Year|Class A|Class B|Class C| 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|Class A |1997|79 |401 |19 | 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|92/70-92/79 93/77 |1998|88 |470 |10 | 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|Class B |1999|91 |413 |8 | 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|92/80-92/85 |2000|139 |305 |7 | 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|Class C |2001|136 |310 |5 | 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|92/86-92/88 93/77-93/78 |2002|132 |336 |5 | 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| |2003|129 |371 |6 | 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| |2004|137 |207 |280 | 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| |2005|189 |83 |477 | 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| |2006|247 |53 |519 | 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| |2007|234 |44 |457 | 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|1 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.3 Cannabis was reclassified in January 2004 to a class C drug. From 1997 to 2003 the class B category includes cannabis; from 2004-07 cannabis is included in class C.4 Since April 2004 the police may issue an adult offender with a cannabis warning for simple possession of cannabis.Source:Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------