§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of drug abuse centres in the Greater London area; and what has been the amount of his Department's money that has been spent on these centres in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer the hon. Member to "Drug Misuse: Prevalence and Service Provision" published by the Department in June. Expenditure on specialist hospital and community health services for drug misusers is not separately identified. Under the Department's general scheme of grants to voluntary organisations, grants have been made to the following voluntary bodies providing services for drug misusers in Greater London.
Voluntary organisation 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ Blenheim 7,600 7,600 7,600 City Roads (Crisis Intervention) 92,804 57,200 39,600 Community Drug Project 5,300 5,300 5,300 Cranstoun Project 3,770 — — Elizabeth House Association 10,500 6,750 4,000 Turning Point—Hungerford Drug Project 12,700 16,153 12,700 Turning Point—ROMA Hostel 45,800 32,976 21,700 Under the central funding initiative grants have been made to health authorities and volunary organisations in the Greater London area as follows (1983–84 was the first year of the scheme):
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1983–84 1984–85 £ £ HEALTH AUTHORITY North West Thames RHA Hillingdon HA 11,482 37,035 Paddington and North Kensington HA 5,000 83,000 Riverside HA — 13,971 Ealing HA 23,173 17,969 North East Thames RHA City and Hackney HA 32,375 39,100 wish to contact the Chairman of the Cheltenham and District health authority for details of revenue expenditure.
The information we have on (b) and (c) is in the table.
1983–84 1984–85 £ £ Bloomsbury HA 15,411 75,952 Barking, Havering and Brentwood HA — 15,610 South East Thames RHA Bromley HA 3,700 11,991 West Lambeth HA 17,229 1,312 Lewisham and North Southwark HA 20,551 — Bethlem and Maudsley SHA 8,700 — Greenwich — 19,055 South West Thames RHA Kingston and Esher HA 1,367 8,898 Wandsworth HA — 6,145 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS Barnet Borough Voluntary Service Council — 27,658 Blenheim Project 8,464 — City Roads 13,945 — Community Drugs Project 8,885 — Cranstoun Projects 12,211 19,874 Elizabeth House Association 3,380 — Phoenix House—Featherstone Lodge TRANX 10,183 30,000 Turning Point—Hungerford — — Turning Point—ROMA 10 58,180