§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time residential treatment places are available for drug offenders; and how many were available in each of the last three years. [82095]
§ Ms BlearsI have been asked to reply.
Residential places within the drug and alcohol sector are not set aside for specific groups of drug misusers such as offenders. However, they will have access on the same terms as anyone else with a drug misuse problem to the approximate 3,100 residential places that were available in 2001. We do not hold central figures for the previous two years.