§ 82. Mr. Michael J. MartinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what extra resources he intends to make available in order to reduce drug taking.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIn accordance with the Government's strategy for reducing both supply and demand, extra resources are being committed for: reducing supplies from India by a contribution of £1 million a year through the United Nations fund for drug abuse control; increasing the effectiveness of enforcement by the provision of some £10 million for additional specialist drugs investigators and improved technical aids for Her Majesty's Customs and Excise; developing prevention and education through the latest phase of the drug prevention publicity campaign and, in England and Wales, by an additional year of central funding for drugs education co-ordinators in the area of each local education authority; and improving treatment and rehabilitation. An additional £3 million is to be provided in 1988–89 for the expansion of drug misuse services in England to help prevent the spread of HIV infection.