HC Deb 15 February 1978 vol 944 cc252-3W
28. Mr. Thompson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many detoxification centres for alcoholics he intends to establish in 1978.

Mr. Harry Ewing

A number of proposals for establishing treatment centres for alcoholics in Scotland, involving both statutory and voluntary bodies, and possibly including detoxification facilities as part of the rehabilitative process, are presently under consideration. My Department will make available any appropriate assistance in furthering these developments, but it is too early to say whether any of them will reach fruition in 1978.