§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on preventive measures to tackle the misuse of(a) alcohol, (b) tobacco, (c) cannabis, (d) ecstasy, (e) amphetamines, (f) LSD, (g) heroin, (h) cocaine and (i) crack cocaine, in each of the last five years. [83466]
§ Mr. Bob Ainsworth[holding answer 28 November 2002]: With regard to expenditure related to alcohol and tobacco I refer the hon. Member to the response given by my hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Ms Blears) to his question on 28 October 2002, Official Report, column 665W.
Separate figures are not available for the different illicit drugs specified. The nature of the expenditure can however be broken down by purpose. Figures for 978W Planned preventative expenditure across Government on all illicit drugs for the period 2000–01 to 2002–03 as follows:
preventing drug misuse by young people, including education, and early interventions which are particularly targeted at vulnerable young people—2000–01: £63 million, 2001–02: £92 million, 2002–03: £102 million;prevention of misuse by initiatives to disrupt trafficking and to reduce the supply of drugs—2000–01: £353 million, 2001–02: £373 million, 2002–03: £376 million;andpreventative initiatives to strengthen communities and reduce the impact on them of drug misuse—2000–01: £45 million, 2001–02: £139 million, 2002–03: £171 million.