HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 c575W
Mr. Dobbin

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if her Department has set targets for reducing access to drugs by(a) young people and (b) school children. [103383]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The Government's anti-drugs Strategy "Tackling Drugs To Build A Better Britain" has set, as one of its four Key Performance Targets, the target

"to reduce access to all drugs amongst young people (under 25) significantly, and to reduce access to the drugs which cause the greatest harm, particularly heroin and cocaine, by 50 per cent. by 2008 and 25 per cent. by 2005".

School children are, of course, included in this target, although no target relating specifically to school-age children has been set.