HC Deb 27 April 1982 vol 22 cc233-4W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of the increase of over 40 per cent. in new drug addicts, he intends to make available additional resources for treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependent persons; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The priority to be given to the provision of treatment and rehabilitation services for drug misusers is in accordance with the policy set out in "Care in Action" (a handbook of Policies and Priorities for the Health and Personal Social Services in England, published by DHSS 1981, price £3.30), a matter for health and local authorities to determine in the light of local needs and circumstances.

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is engaged on a comprehensive review of treatment and rehabilitation services in the United Kingdom. The Council's report is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Its recommendations and any resource implications will then be considered by the Ministers concerned.

1981. Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of grants made by his Department for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependents with the names of the recipients, in each of the following years: (a) 1970, (b) 1975, (c) 1980 and (d)

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The following grants were paid under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968:

£
1970–71
No grants paid
1975–76
Esher Association for the Prevention of Addiction 3,000
Institutes for the Study of Drug Dependence 15,000
Life Line Project 10,127
ROMA 10,000
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse 22,000
Total 60,127
1980–81
Alpha House 490
Blenheim Project 2,500
City Roads (Crisis Intervention) Ltd. 90,000
Community Drug Project 6,800
Elizabeth House Association 3,000
Hertfordshire Standing Conference on Drug Misuse 3,100
Inward House 781
The Hungerford 6,870
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence 75,420
ROMA 20,000
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse 48,000
Yeldall Manor 1,080
Total 258,041
1981–82 (Provisional)
Blenheim Project 7,600
City Roads (Crisis Intervention) Ltd. 66,500
Coke Hole Trust 8,000
Community Drug Project 5,300
Esher Association for the Prevention of Addiction 9,750
The Hungerford 12,700
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence 115,710
ROMA *32,000
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse 53,800
Total 311,360
* Includes £8,000 in respect of an information gathering exercise commissioned by DHSS.

The Department also makes separate grants towards the health services element of experiments in the addictions field, where staffing and other resources may be provided by health authorities. City Roads (Crisis Intervention) Ltd. received an additional grant of £52,098 on this basis in 1980–81. Figures for 1981–82 are not yet available.