§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders have been(a) assessed for a drug treatment and testing order and (b) made subject to such an order in the pilot areas for drug treatment and testing order; and how many of those made subject to an order have subsequently breached the order. [79204]
§ Mr. George HowarthAs at 26 March 1999:
- (a) 130 offenders had been referred for assessment for a drug treatment and testing order in the three pilot areas; and
- (b) 38 offenders had been sentenced to a drug treatment and testing order by courts in the pilot areas. Of those orders, seven had been the subject of breach proceedings which, in six cases had resulted in the order being revoked.