§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost per offender was of each drug treatment and testing order in 2003 in(a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England. [168209]
§ Paul GogginsThis information is not held centrally but the recent report by the National Audit Office, "The Drug Treatment and Testing Order (DTTO): early lessons" reported that the unit cost of an order in 2002–03 in the areas they visited varied from £5,258 to £7,592. Nottingham Probation Area has advised us that the approximate average cost of a DTTO in Nottinghamshire was £5,363.