§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has targeted on preventative programmes to tackle(a) drug use and crime and (b) youth offending; what funding is specifically targeted at vulnerable groups; and if he will make a statement. [82713]
§ Mr. Bob Ainsworth[holding answer 25 November 2002]: Planned expenditure across Government in 2002–03 is as follows:
Prevention of drug misuse by initiatives to disrupt trafficking and to reduce the supply of drugs—£376 million;Preventative initiatives to strengthen communities and reduce the impact on them of drug misuse, including by reducing offending and re-offending by the drug misusers who cause the most harm to themselves and others—£171 million; andPreventing drug misuse by young people, including through education and early interventions particularly targeted at vulnerable young people—£102 million.