§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the alcohol education programmes in the United Kingdom which have been approved as being appropriate for referral of defendants under a special condition probation order as permitted by the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
§ Mr. MellorInformation about the number and location of alcohol education programmes in England and Wales is not held centrally. Such programmes are usually set up on local initiative, by interested groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous or, in some instances, by individual probation officers. Court duty probation officers will know of the availability of alcohol education programmes in their area and can, in appropriate cases, recommend the inclusion in a probation order of a requirement to attend such a programme.