§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the estimated costs to his Department of carrying out the accepted recommendations of Select Committee reports for the year March 1985 to March 1986.
§ Mr. HayhoeMost of the recommendations accepted were either couched in very general terms or endorsed what was already Government policy. Meaningful estimates of the cost of their implementation are not therefore possible. The one exception to this is the fourth report of the Social Services Committee 1984–85 on the misuse of drugs. The accepted recommendations had costs clearly attributable to them, and these are set out as follows:
Recommendation Cost National guidelines for developing a framework of services for drug misusers should be established. £5 million in 1986–87 An immediate, sizeable and recurring injection of additional money is needed for services for drug misusers. A National Drug Advisory Service should be established. £25,000 in 1986–87