Home Department written question – answered at on 23 March 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1279W, on drugs: crime, for what reasons the police do not record possession offences by drug type for drugs other than cannabis.
Offence categorisations as used in police recorded crime have always been broader than those used in court proceedings and the detailed returns on cautioning. From
Information on court proceedings and cautioning give a good picture of the extent of other drug possession offences that come to the attention of the police by type of drug.
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