Drugs in schools - 866/19

Date Responded 30 July 2019

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You asked:

Please tell me how many times the force was alerted to cannabis offences in schools in a) 2019 to date b) 2018 c) 2017, d) 2016
If possible, please tell me how many of these offences related to the dealing of cannabis in a) 2019 to date b) 2018 c) 2017 d) 2016
Please tell me how many of the cannabis offences in question 1. involved children aged 11 or under for each of the years a) 2019 to date, b) 2018, c) 2017, d) 2016
Please tell me how many of the cannabis offences relating to the dealing of cannabis in question 2. involved children aged 11 or under for each of the years a) 2019 to date, b) 2018, c) 2017, d) 2016
Please tell me how many times the force was alerted to offences in schools involving other drugs such as cocaine and heroin in a) 2019 to date, b) 2018, c) 2017, d) 2016

In Response:

As advised earlier this request has been aggregated with your previous request, FOI 761/19 refers, with regards to time constraints under the Act, as they relate to the same subject area.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

Year	Count
2016	31
2017	19
2018	21
2019	19
Total	90

2.None of the above offences were for the supply of cannabis.

3.None of the above offences involved children aged 11 or under.

4.None of the above offences relate to the supply of cannabis.

Year	Count
2016	6
2017	4
2018	11
2019	7
Total	28

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