HC Deb 14 February 2001 vol 363 c184W
10. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will make a statement on her Department's response to recent developments in drugs misuse among young people. [148774]

Marjorie Mowlam

The Government's Anti-Drugs Strategy has set a challenging target of halving the numbers of young people using illegal drugs by 2008, and we will back this by increasing spending in this area to £120 million by 2003–04.

In south Cheshire, research from John Moores University on young people's drug use in the area is under way, which will provide a local baseline and identify gaps in provision.