§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Blyth Valley are injecting Methadone. [24021]
§ Ms JowellWe do not hold the information requested centrally, although the Department of Health's Statistical Bulletin "Drug Misuse Statistics" for the six month period ending 31 March 1996 includes some related data for Northumberland and copies have been placed in the Library.
Northumberland Health Authority report that since the introduction of the Blyth Pilot Supervised Methadone Administration scheme in November 1996 the leakage of methadone onto the illegal market has been reduced, if not eliminated, and the police have not recovered any methadone in Blyth.
§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are being prescribed Methadone under supervision in Blyth Valley through the Methadone clinic, substance misuse team and family doctors. [24023]
§ Mr. MilburnThe Northumberland Health Authority has reported that at the end of November 1997 a total of 69 individuals were supported within the Blyth Pilot Supervised Methadone Administration Scheme.