§ Mr. CameronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many drug misusers were receiving treatment by type of service in(a) 2000 and (b) 1997. [37572]
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§ Ms BlearsInformation on the number of drug misusers in treatment in England in 2000–01 is given in table 1; comparable information is not available for earlier years. Information on the numbers of drug misusers who presented for treatment for the first time or for the first time after a gap of six months, for both 1997 and 2000 is given in table 2. Both tables exclude treatment in prisons.
Table 1: Numbers of drug misusers in treatment by type of service, 2000–01 Type of service Number England 118,522 Inpatient 2,424 Community: specialist services 103,094 Community: general practitioners 8,180 Structured day programmes 706 Residential rehabilitation 1,902 Others 2,216 Source:
DH, Regional Drug Misuse Databases
Table 2: Number of drug misusers who presented for treatment during the periods 1 April to 30 September 1997 and 1 April to 30 September 2000, by type of service Type of service 1 April to 30 September 1997 1 April to 30 September 2000 England 21,996 33,093 Inpatient 455 428 Community: specialist services 18,647 28,624 Community: general practitioners 1,571 1,429 Structured day programmes 11 175 Residential rehabilitation 516 759 Others 795 1,678 Source:
Statistics from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases on drug misusers in treatment in England, 2000–01