HC Deb 16 May 1986 vol 97 c569W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if funding for new police units to combat drug abuse will have to be found by police authorities from existing resources.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Yes. The rate support grant settlement for 1986–87 takes account of additional expenditure required for the deployment of 240 officers in drugs wings in England and Wales.