Home Department written question – answered at on 22 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the proportion of children aged under 15 in England who have used cannabis in the last 12 months.
The Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use survey among young people in England provides estimates of the proportion of secondary school children who have used cannabis. Latest figures from the 2009 survey show that 9% of pupils aged 11 to 15 years reported using cannabis in the last 12 months. For those aged under 15 the proportion for those aged 11, 12, 13 and 14 was 1%, 2%, 4% and 12%t respectively.
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