2021/24760 - Drug Supply Offences

REQUEST

Please provide the following information, per calendar year, for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Q1• How many drug supply arrests of juveniles aged 16 or under have been recorded that are deemed to be "County Lines" offences?  Could these figures be broken down by year, please?

Q2• If your Force does not distinguish drug supply offences as "County Lines" or not then please supply the information in question 1 as generic drug supply with an offender aged 16 or under.

Q3• How many County lines arrests of juveniles under the age of 16 have been recorded for class A/B/C drugs? If possible, please supply numbers for heroin, cocaine, other (class A); Cannabis, Ketamine, Amphetamine (class B); Steroids, other (class C). Could these figures also be broken down by year, please?

Q4• If your Force does not distinguish drug supply offences as "County Lines" or not then how many drug supply arrests of juveniles under the age of 16 have been recorded for class A/B/C drugs? If possible, please supply numbers for heroin, cocaine, other (class A); Cannabis, Ketamine, Amphetamine (class B); Steroids, other (class C). Could these figures be broken down by year, please?

RESPONSE