§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 14 May 1998,Official Report, column 181, how many children involved in Operation Charlie (a) received the specific tuition and (b) were used for comparison; and how many hours tuition the children received. [42901]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe number of children involved in Project Charlie that(a) received the intervention was 44; (b) the number of comparison children was 233; the Project Charlie children received a lesson of at least 30 minutes each week for 39 weeks.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 14 May 1998,Official Report, column 181, if the review of the value of Operation Charlie recommended further investigation. [42902]
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§ Mr. George HowarthThe report on the follow up evaluation of Project Charlie strongly suggested that primary school drugs education programmes can have a delaying effect for the onset of drug use. It also recommended that further research be carried out. The Government's anti-drugs strategy signifies clearly the value of drugs education in schools from age 5 upwards, and identifies the commissioning of long-term evaluation's of the effectiveness of prevention and education programmes as a priority.