HC Deb 17 December 2002 vol 396 cc783-4W
John Mann

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are in residential rehabilitation in their own drug action team area. [86692]

Ms Blears

Information is not available in the form requested.

Information on whether individuals live within the health authority delivering treatment, for drug users presenting to residential rehabilitation, in the six month period ending 31 March 2001, is given in the table. Whether health authority (HA) of treatment and health authority and/or NHS Regional office (RO) of residence were the same for drug users presenting to residential rehabilitation during the period 1 October 2000 to 31 March 2001.

Health authority of residence—data for England
Numbers Percentages
Number of users 810 100
Same HA of treatment 256 32
Different HA of treatment but same RO 339 42
Resident outside RO of treatment 105 13
Not known 110 14

Notes:

1. The data are from the Department of Health Regional Drug Misuse Databases

2. Percentages do not sum to 100 due to rounding.