§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many treatment orders have been given to people with alcoholism in each of the last five years. [98175]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthPowers to impose a drug and/or alcohol treatment requirement, as part of a community rehabilitation order or a community punishment and rehabilitation order, were contained in the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, now the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. However, statistics for this do not differentiate between alcohol and drugs.
The table gives figures for the numbers starting community rehabilitation orders and community punishment and rehabilitation orders that contain a drug and/or alcohol element for the years 1997 to 2001.
411WNote:
- 1. From October 2000, when the Drug Treatment and Testing Order was rolled-out to courts in England and Wales, the power to attach a drug treatment requirement to a community rehabilitation order or community rehabilitation and punishment order was removed. This explains the lower total figures for drug/alcohol treatment requirements in 2001.
- 2. It should be noted that these figures represent those starting orders in the respective years, rather than orders made by the courts in each of these years.
Source:
Probation Statistics England and Wales, 2001. Table 3.12 (a) and (b).