§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What additional resources have been made available to health authorities, education authorities and police authorities, respectively, for the purposes of the Government's alcohol harm reduction strategy. [HL794]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health(Lord Warner)Primary care trusts are responsible for providing their populations with healthcare and deciding how to configure local services to meet the needs of local residents. Overall expenditure plans for the National Health Service indicate an average annual increase of 7.3 per cent in184WA real terms between 2002–03 and 2007–08, a total increase of 42 per cent in real terms over the period.
The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills are jointly providing £5.7 million this year to support the national healthy schools programme, which supports teachers in improving physical and mental health of children and young people. This includes education on alcohol, as well as other important health issues.
The police have received additional funding for participating in the alcohol misuse enforcement campaigns which took place over the summer and Christmas period last year. During the summer campaign which lasted for 33 days and took place in 92 basic command units (BCUs), the Home Office Police Standard's Unit spent £485,000 supporting proactive enforcement activity. The Christmas campaign lasted for 17 days, involved 188 BCUs and was supported with up to £140,000. The tackling violent crime programme has made available funding of £510,700 through crime and disorder reduction partnerships.