HC Deb 09 July 1996 vol 281 c108W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much funding is given by her Department to promote DARE projects; what assessment she had made of the impact of DARE projects in schools; and if she will make a statement. [35907]

Mr. Robin Squire

The Department provided £80,000 of support in 1995–96 to Kirklees local education authority for an innovative drugs education project, through the grants for education support and training programme. One element of the project was the evaluation of the DARE programme in the region's schools. My right hon. Friend plans to publish an evaluation document covering all GEST innovative drugs education projects, including that in Kirklees, later in the year.