§ Mrs. GilroyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has recently had about the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users; [48148]
(2) what recent assessment he has made of the funding of the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. [48150]
§ Ms JowellFunding for the South and West Devon fast-track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users exists to enable the scheme to continue until March 1999 and locally based joint consultative committees are currently considering whether to provide continued funding for the scheme.
The anti-drug coordinators will be issuing a resource framework document later this year. The framework will set out the resources available for drug services across agencies and how they should be used most effectively.