§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost in the latest year for which figures are available of police work directed at drug enforcement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThere are more than 1,500 police officers throughout the country with a major commitment to drugs work. In addition, many other officers contribute to the prevention and investigation of drug-related offences in the course of their duties. Reliable estimates of the cost of this work are not therefore available.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost in the latest year for which figures are available of the probation service's work with offenders with problems of drug abuse.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information available to the Home Office about the cost of probation service activities does not make it possible to identify separately the cost of the probation service's work with offenders who have problems of drug abuse, but this is a duty which is regarded as a priority.
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§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost in the latest year for which figures are available of treatment facilities provided in prisons for offenders with problems of drug abuse.
§ Mr. MellorMonitoring of the expenditure, including medical expenditure, of the prison service is insufficiently detailed to enable costs on specific activities such as helping drug misusers to be separately identified.