2022/25043 - Supply or Possession of Controlled Drugs
REQUEST
- How many arrests have your police force made for the offences of supplying controlled drugs or possession with intent to supply controlled drugs in the last year (2021 calendar year) for young persons aged sixteen or under?
- Please provide if possible, the figures for each age group i.e. ten, eleven, twelve etc and also broken down by gender for each of the two offences, breaking the alleged offences down by Class A and Class B drugs.
- For those children who were arrested AND were aged 13 or under please provide specific details on the charge they were arrested on and the exact type and class of drug they were alleged to have been involved with as well as their age.
RESPONSE
- How many arrests have your police force made for the offences of supplying controlled drugs or possession with intent to supply controlled drugs in the last year (2021 calendar year) for young persons aged sixteen or under?
The number of arrests is based on custody footfall – this means that if a person has been arrested for multiple drug offences at one time they will only be counted once. However, if they were arrested on two separate occasions, they will be counted for each time they were brought to custody.
The data included in this answer is any drug offence where the offence title included ‘concerned in the supply’ or ‘possess with intent to supply’.
In the calendar year 2021 there were 8 custody records for supply or possession with intent to supply offences where the subject was aged 16 or under.
- Please provide, if possible, the figures for each age group i.e. ten, eleven, twelve etc and also broken down by gender for each of the two offences, breaking the alleged offences down by Class A and Class B drugs.
The data is based on number of arrests and as mentioned a person may be arrested for multiple offences at a time. The 8 custody records mentioned above are relating to 11 offences. Please see below the breakdown of those offence along with age and gender. PLEASE NOTE – Subjects will be counted multiple times if they were arrested for multiple offences.
- For those children who were arrested AND were aged 13 or under please provide specific details on the charge they were arrested on and the exact type and class of drug they were alleged to have been involved with as well as their age.
This question has been answered within the response to question 2.