§ 13. Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what extra funding he has made available for the development of drug misuse services. [46613]
§ 36. Ms Dari TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about the additional resources he has made available to deal with the consequences of drug misuse. [46638]
§ Ms JowellThe Department provides a cash contribution to health authorities to purchase drug services under a special allocation. In 1997/98 this stood at £37.2 million. In the current financial year the special allocation is £41.3 million, an increase of 11 per cent.
The Department also administers the Specific Grant for making Payments to Voluntary Organisations Providing Services for Drug and Alcohol Misusers, which will distribute £2.5 million in 1998/99.
§ 24. Mr. HesfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of money invested in drug misuse treatment on the cost to public funds of crime. [46625]
§ Ms JowellI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friend, the Member for Warrington, North (Helen Jones) on 30 June 1998,Official Report, columns 145–46.