§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding was made available for the rehabilitation of drug offenders in Derbyshire in each year from 1997 to 2002. [98894]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthInformation is not available in the form requested.
The pooled treatment budget, introduced in 2001–02 provides funding for the treatment and rehabilitation of people with drug problems, including offenders. Drug Action Teams use their pooled treatment budget allocations, together with additional resources from health and local authorities and other sources to fund treatment provision in their areas.
The level of pooled treatment budget funding allocated to Derbyshire in 2001–02 was £1.376 million. This was increased to £1.8496 million in 2002–03.
£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Home Office 0 0 104,209 371,708 440,490 106,000 Other Departments 590,000 774,000 1,091,753 843,480 739,500 600,511 Total 590,000 774,000 1,195,962 1,215,188 1,179,990 706,511 These figures are based upon information available from Departmental accounting systems and include Government payments for services/consultancy that contribute to Drugscope's costs. There may be small in-year payments for one-off projects that do not appear in these figures. Funding for future years is currently under consideration.