§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered drug addicts there were in(a) Fareham, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each year from 1997. [85710]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 9 December 2002]Information is not available in the form requested. The information available for drug users presenting to drug treatment agencies and general practitioners in health authorities in Hampshire and England in the six months periods from April 1997 to March 2001 is shown in Table 1. Information on the numbers in treatment is only available for 2000–01 and is shown in Table 2.