HC Deb 10 December 2002 vol 396 cc306-7W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2002 to the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Mr. Letwin),Official Report, column 597, if he will break down by treatment types the people in contact with treatment agencies.[86052]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 9 December 2002]: The table shows the numbers of drug misusers in treatment by type of service 2000–01

Agency type Number of people
In-patient 2,424
Community: Specialist services 103,094
Community: General Practitioners 8,180
Structured day programmes 706
Residential rehabilitation 1,902
Others 2,216
England total 118,522

Source:

Department of Health Statistical Bulletin Statistics from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases on drug misusers in treatment in England, 2000–01.

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