David Ruffley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ruffley on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested and charged with possession of class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C drugs in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Norman Baker

The information requested is not available centrally. Data on arrests for drug
offences reported to the Home Office cannot be separated to identify arrests
for possession of specific drugs.

Data on resultant charges are not collected centrally.