HC Deb 13 January 2004 vol 416 cc654-5W
Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been made available to local communities to support interventions that(a) disrupt local drug markets by tackling both the supply and demand, (b) tackle drug-related crime and (c) address associated anti-social behaviour in (i) Middlesbrough South and Cleveland, East (ii) the North East and (iii) England. [144753]

Caroline Flint

In December 2002, the Government announced in the Updated Drug Strategy substantial direct annual spending to tackle drug misuse. Details are set out in the following table.

£ million
2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Protecting young people 149 155 163
Reducing supply 380 380 380
Safeguarding communities1 212 297 367
Drug treatment2 503 512 573
Total 1,244 1,344 1,483
1Includes expenditure strengthening delivery.
2Includes mainstream spending, prison treatment and pooled budgets.

Regional breakdowns of financial allocations to local communities are not available in the form requested. However the table shows funding streams allocated directly to the Drug Action Teams in Middlesbrough, and in Redcar and Cleveland.

Regional funding 2003–04
£
Middlesbrough

allocation

 Redcar and

Cleveland

allocation
DAT Development Funding 35,000 34,000
Pooled Treatment Budget 1,113,000 765,000
Throughcare and Aftercare 133,000 35,000
Capacity Building Funding 350,000 —

In addition to this, national funding provided to, for example, the Police, Probation and Prison Services, is used to tackle the drug-related issues in question.

A breakdown of direct allocations by Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships against drug-related anti-social behaviour is not available.