HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc156-7W
Mr. Field

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what funding programmes local drug rehabilitation and prevention organisations can apply for under the Government's anti-drugs strategy. [93202]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

Local drug service providers can bid to provide services under the prison service drugs strategy programme and the health and social services programmes and for contracts to provide services for the probation service.

It is the role of Drug Action Teams and local commissioning agencies to ensure that individual services work coherently within a local strategic framework. Local service providers may seek guidance from the Drug Action Team on making bids for funding. Bids should be made to the relevant statutory agencies.