HC Deb 19 January 1998 vol 304 c377W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the President of the Council when the decision was taken to employ an assistant Drugs Tsar; and how the job was advertised. [23391]

Mrs. Ann Taylor

The decision to appoint Mike Trace as the Deputy UK Anti-Drugs Coordinator was taken in the light of the Ministerial interviews of the short-listed candidates, which I chaired and it was ratified by the Prime Minister before appointment in October 1997.

The Deputy Coordinator acts in support of the full range of the Coordinator's responsibilities.