§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what financial and other support is given by his Department to combat drug addiction in the Waltham Forest district health authority area.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Sir B. Braine) on 6 June, at column200, about the early action he has asked health authorities to take to assess the prevalence of drug misuse and to improve local services for drug misusers within the local resources available.
In addition, central funds have been allocated to projects in the neighbouring districts of City and Hackney health authority and Barking, Havering and Brentwood health authority, listed respectively in my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Mr. Soames) on 9 February, at columns 756–60, and my right hon. and learned Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 30 April, at columns 53–56.