§ Mr. Jim DowdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what grants, apart from the drug and alcohol specific grant, local authorities can apply for in order to provide services to help combat drug abuse and its effects.
§ Mr. BowisIn addition to the drug and alcohol specific grant local authorities may apply for the following
AIDS Support GrantThe Department of Health administers an AIDS Support Grant (the specific grant for people with HIV infection or AIDS) which provides grant funds for social services for drug misusers affected by HIV or by AIDS.The Department for Education—Grants for Education Support and TrainingThis grant is to train teachers with responsibility for drugs education and to develop innovative drug education projects in 16 local education authorities.The Home Qffice Drug Prevention InitiativeThere are twenty local drug prevention teams administered by the Home Office Drugs Prevention Initiative. Statutory and voluntary sector agencies and individuals may apply to them for funding.The Drug Prevention Measures in Great Britain FundThis Home Office fund makes small financial contributions in support of measures to reduce drug misuse. Preference is given to projects, services or schemes which are innovative and may be of national or regional significance. They are not eligible if they properly fall against an existing source of Government funding.The Seized Assets FundThis represents the proceeds of drugs trafficking seized under international confiscation agreements. Because of the uncertain source of the funding, the Home Office is unable to fund recurrent expenditure. There have been no resources available from this fund since 1991–92.The Commission of the European CommunitiesThe Commission administers a grant programme to support efforts made by Member States in the field of public health in order to contribute to maintaining a high level of health protection in the Member States.
§ Mr. DowdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each local authority has bid for the drug and alcohol specific grant for 1995–96; and how much they were awarded.