§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the research projects being undertaken as part of the Government's anti-drugs strategy announced following the Comprehensive Spending Review. [102661]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe programme of research, for which £6 million has been allocated over three years, is designed to improve research and information gathering in support of the Government's 10 year strategy for tracking drug misuse. At present, the programme includes the following projects:
NEW-ADAM (New England and Wales Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring)—Voluntary drug testing and interviewing of arrestees in 16 custody suites across England and Wales (in progress);
Drug use questionnaire survey of school pupils in England (in progress);
Strategic review of regional drug misuse databases for treatment in England and Wales (in progress);
Survey of drug availability based on the perceptions of local experts (in progress);
Estimating the current capacity and future demands for drug treatment (complete); and
A supply-side programme of research to develop a model of the United Kingdom drugs market (in progress).