§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the names of detoxification centres currently in existence and indicate whether he plans to close any of them; what plans he has to open any other detoxification centres; and what progress is being made in the evaluation of the work of detoxification centres.
§ Sir George YoungSt. Mark's detoxification centre, Leeds; Withington hospital detoxification centre, Manchester; Booth House detoxification centre, Tower Hamlets. Support from central funds has from the outset been limited to an agreed period after which it is for the appropriate health and local authorities to decide whether, and if so, how, the centres should be enabled to continue. Detoxification facilities are also provided in NHS hospitals. A decision on the future policy on detoxification centres will depend on 93W the completion in 1981 of the evaluation research programme now in hand.