HC Deb 26 January 1996 vol 270 cc480-2W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for the last three available years and for 1996–97(a) for each county and (b) for Wales the funding made available by his Department to combat drug abuse; and if he will make a statement. [10686]

Mr. Richards

Following the recommendations of the efficiency scrutiny of health promotion in Wales, those Welsh Office resources for combating drug misuse provided through the central funding initiative were built into district health authorities revenue allocations. For 1993–94, the last year the CFI operated, the amounts allocated to each county in Wales were:

£
Clwyd 323,202
Dyfed 250,649
Gwent 274,295
Gwynedd 244,165
Mid Glamorgan 379,826
Powys 160,517
South Glamorgan 283,047

£
West Glamorgan 306,075

The Welsh Office provides separate resources for national activity: the amounts for 1993–94 to 1995–96 were £243,944, £360,918 and £259,737 respectively.

In addition, other central funding mechanisms such as the revenue support grant, the strategic development scheme and the grant for education support and training programme provide funds to combat drug misuse. It is not possible to identify separately the relevant amounts within those schemes.