§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown of expenditure on the Government drugs strategy between spending on(a) courts, (b) prisons, (c) police, (d) the NHS, (e) social services and (f) other departments. [737]
§ Mr. DenhamThe Government have made available substantial resources for directly tackling the problem of drug misuse. These are planned to increase from £700 million in 2000–01 to over £1 billion in 2003–04. Information held centrally relates to the four main aims of the national anti-drugs strategy.
Analyses by Department or function are difficult to calculate because drugs spending in many cases forms part of wider expenditure streams or functions. This is compounded by the increased use of pooled budgets, designed to maximise effective, flexible use of resources on the ground.
Details of the planned expenditure for 2001–02 to 2003–04 are set out in the tables.
54WKey Expenditure Figures
Spending Review 2000—Resources directly allocated for tackling drug abuse (by main aim of the national anti-drugs strategy)1 £million 2000–012 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Drug Treatment3 234 328 377 401 Protecting Young People 63 90 97 120 Safeguarding Communities 45 79 81 95 Reducing Availability4 353 373 376 380 Total 695 870 931 996 1Excludes devolved spending 2Estimates of baseline spend in Departmental Expenditure Limits 3Comprises mainstream spending by Department of Health 4United Kingdom spend for 2001–02 to 2003–04 based on projected anti-drugs allocation from anti-Organised Crime shared funding
Spending Review 2000—New resources provided for related programmes1 £million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Criminal Justice System 1,420 2,290 2,720 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 200 300 400 Children's Fund 100 150 200 Connexions2 77 177 3— 1Excludes devolved spending 2This was added to existing provision for the careers service. Funding will go to the careers service in areas where connexions is not yet running 3Provision for 2003–04 will be announced in due course
Budget 2001—New resources for anti-drugs measures1 £million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Strengthening communities 50 70 100 Extending drug testing in the Criminal Justice System 0 20 30 Providing more help to find jobs 5 15 20 Strengthening Drug Action Teams 5 5 5 Expanding Positive Futures 2 3 0 1Excludes devolved spending