§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of the number of clients being managed by each drug service in England; and if he will make a statement. [163899]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department does not collect this information centrally.
The latest national data for December 2003 show that there are 140,900 drug misusers in treatment, a 41 per cent. increase on the 1998–99 baseline. These figures indicate that we are on track to meet the Government's target of doubling the numbers of drug misusers in treatment by 2008.