§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will publish a table showing the total grant available from her Department(a) in total, (b) in revenue and (c) in capital towards the provision of (1) residential facilities and (2) non-residential facilities for (i) people with alcohol problems and (ii) people with drug problems in 1992–93 and 1993–94;
(2) if she will publish a table showing the total grant paid by her Department (a) in total, (b) in revenue and (c) in capital towards the provision of (1) residential facilities and (2) non-residential facilities for (i) people with alcohol problems and (ii) people with drug problems in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. YeoFunding for drug and alcohol projects are provided directly and indirectly by the Department from a number of sources. In part grants are from small centrally administered budgets, such as the specific grant for alcohol and drug misusers, which totalled £2.1 million in 1992–93 and supported expenditure of £3 million; this budget is being increased by 9.5 per cent. to £2.3 million in 1993–94 and will support expenditure of £3.2 million. Other funds are provided locally by health authorities from their general allocations or from money specifically allocated to them for drug misuse services. In 1992–93 earmarked funding comprised
(1) £17.243 million for the development of services for drug misusers, including the expansion of services to help prevent the spread of HIV among and from drug misusers; this amount will be increased by 10.2 per cent. to £19.001 million in 1993–94;(2) £2.8 million towards the cost of prescribing methadone as part of a planned programme of treatment, and towards the development of pharmacy-based needle exchange schemes. Decisions on the amounts to be allocated in 1993–94 for these purposes have yet to be taken.Some additional funding is also provided by local authority social services departments. Details of funding from all these sources could be provided only at disproportionate cost.