HC Deb 10 December 2002 vol 396 cc233-4W
Mr. Streeter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much central government funding was provided to Drugscope in each of the last five years. [85097]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

Drugscope and its predecessor organisations the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependency received the following funds from the Home Office, Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

£
1998–99 774,000
1999–2000 1,287,322
2000–01 1,215,188
2001–02 1,092,990
2002–03 706,511

2002–03 figures relate to spend to date and known commitments and may not reflect accurately the final outturn figure.

These figures are based upon information available from departmental accounting systems and do not include all payments for consultancy work.

In addition, Drugscope was also successful in securing £76,294 over the two years 2002–03 and 2003–04 from the Recovered Assets Fund.