§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Wales what funds he made available for services for drug dependents in 1981.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasIt is the responsibility of health and social service authorities to provide such services for drug dependents as may be necessary in the light of perceived local needs. In 1981 the Welsh Office gave over £10,000 to the drug advisory service run by the South Wales Association for the Prevention of Addiction.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the number of drug dependents in Wales.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasAccurate information on the number of drug dependents in Wales is not available. It is known, however, that 75 persons were admitted to mental illness hospitals in Wales in 1981 under the diagnostic group "drug dependence" and a total of 86 narcotic drug addicts in Wales were known to the Home Office, by notification, at 31 December 1981.