HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc702-3W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has held with South Yorkshire local health authorities regarding drug abuse; and if he will list the funding that is allocated for this purpose by each authority. [11663]

Mr. Horam

The Department has held no discussions with health authorities in South Yorkshire about drug misuse. Information on the total funding allocated by health authorities for combating drug misuse is not available centrally. Funds allocated by the Department to health authorities for this purpose are shown in the tables.

The table shows the funding for services for drug misusers allocated to each of the health authorities in South Yorkshire for 1996–97 and 1997–98:

Drug misuse treatment services
Thousands
Health authority Allocation 1996–97 Allocation 1997–98
Barnsley 144 163
Doncaster 184 205
Rotherham 232 253
Sheffield 392 442

In addition, the table shows central funding made available to develop drug action teams and drug reference groups.

Drug action team and drug reference group development funding
Thousands
Health authority Allocation 1996–97 Allocation 1997–98
Barnsley 33 34
Doncaster 34 34
Rotherham 33 34
Sheffield 34 34

Drugs challenge fund

Sheffield health authority has also won drugs challenge funding for four projects. The total challenge fund allocation to Sheffield is £27,600.

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