HC Deb 08 May 2001 vol 368 cc146-7W
Ms Moran

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds have been made available for(a) drug education and prevention and (b) drug rehabilitation in Luton since 1 May 1997. [159416]

Ms Stuart

Information on funding for drug education, prevention and rehabilitation is not available centrally for Luton. National health service funding for these services is provided to Bedfordshire health authority. The Luton drug action team will receive its share of the new pooled treatment budget via Bedfordshire health authority and has been allocated £1,199,000 for 2001–02.

Drug treatment in the Luton drug action team area is mostly provided from NHS, social services, police, Probation and Prison Service funds that are embedded within mainstream services and cannot readily be disaggregated. However, certain earmarked grants and allocations to Bedfordshire health authority can.

£000
Drug misuse special allocation
1997–98 410
1998–99 436
1999–2000 537
2000–01 568
In-year addition
2000–01 118

£000
Health Action Zone drug prevention work in Luton
1998–99 200
1999–2000 100