HC Deb 02 July 1998 vol 315 cc246-7W
Mrs. Gilroy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the funding of the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. [48145]

Mr. George Howarth

I am aware that the scheme is currently facing some funding difficulties, and am consulting my hon. Friend the Minister for Public Health on how these difficulties might be resolved.

Mrs. Gilroy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had about the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. [48149]

Mr. George Howarth

On 15 June, I met the Chief Probation Officer of Devon Probation Service and His Honour Judge William Taylor, the Liaison Judge on the Probation Committee, to discuss the funding of the scheme.