§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much money was spent by central Government and what information he has as to the amount of money spent by (a) metropolitan councils and (b) borough councils on drug dependency and rehabilitation centres for each year since 1978.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Department has made grants to voluntary organisations under its general scheme of grants and the drugs initiative, and has made funds available to health authorities under the latter scheme, as follows, for services for drug misusers.
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£ 1978–79 76,760 1979–80 71,110 1980–81 132,270 1981–82 141,850 1982–83 180,174 1983–84 1,077,854 1984–85 2,138,817 Information on expenditure by metropolitan councils and borough councils on services for drug misusers is not held centrally.