HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 cc848-9W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug testing and treatment orders were issued in Gloucestershire in each month since the scheme's inception. [184204]

Caroline Flint

The drug treatment and testing order (DTTO) was piloted in Gloucestershire, Liverpool and Croydon between October 1998 and March 2000. The number of DTTOs made in Gloucestershire in each month during the pilot phase, including April to September 2000 during which the pilots were allowed to continue post-evaluation until the order was rolled-out, was:

Month/year DTTO commencements
1998
October 0
November 0
December 0
1999
January 4
February 7
March 9
April 8
May 6
June 6
July 10
August 17
September 4
October 3
November 6
December 5
2000
January 6
February 5
March 4
Post evaluation
April 3
May 4
June 7
July 5
August 6
September 3

The number of DTTOs made in Gloucestershire in each month following roll-out of the order across England and Wales on 1 October 2000 is:

Month/year DTTO commencements
2000
October 7
November 6
December 1
2001
January 5
February 1
March 4
April 3
May 4
June 5
July 2
August 3
September 1
October 6
Month/year DTTO commencements
November 6
December 7
2002
January 3
February 8
March 4
April 5
May 5
June 5
July 3
August 3
September 4
October 5
November 3
December 7
2003
January 4
February 3
March 2
April 4
May 1
June 3
July 2
August 6
September 3
October 9
November 3
December 4
2004
January 6
February 9
March 8
April 4
May 7