HC Deb 30 April 2004 vol 420 cc1360-2W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Burnley in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2003–04. [168318]

Caroline Flint

The amount spent on tackling drug misuse in Burnley in 1997–98 was £670,000. This was prior to the formation of the National Drugs Strategy, and this figure has been provided from locally held information.

Figures are not available for Burnley alone in 2003–04. The figures for Lancashire as a whole were:

£
Pooled Treatment Budget 3,980,000
Young People 735,000
Building Safer Communities 1,147,000
DAT CAD 48,000
DAT Development 70,000
Through Care and Aftercare 35,000
Total 6,015,000

Please note that the Building Safer Communities figure is only partly spent on tackling drugs.

Jim Dobbin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Heywood and Middleton in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2003–04. [168537]

Caroline Flint

Breakdown of financial allocation to local constituencies is not available in the form requested as funding is allocated to Drug Action Team (DAT) area (Rochdale DAT).

The period for 1997–98 is prior to the formation of the National Drug Strategy and there is no locally held information on funding available for that financial year.

The figures for Rochdale as a whole for 2003–04 are as follows:

£
Pooled Treatment: 1,023,000
Young People (including CJIP) 241,000
Building Safer Communities 297,000
DAT CAD 31,000
DAT Development 37,000
CJIP Capacity Building 178,000
Throughcare and Aftercare 62,000
Total 1,869,000

Please note that the Building Safer Communities Fund is only partly spent on tackling drugs.

Linda Perham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by the Government on crime reduction, protection and security in the London Borough of Redbridge since 1997. [164879]

Ms Blears

Money allocated to the London Borough of Redbridge for crime reduction through a number of funding streams and for a range of projects totals £2,267,311 over the period 2000–2004. Figures before 2000 are not readily available.

For protection and security, this information is not available in the form requested. However, the Metropolitan police did receive £47 million in 2003–04 for the purposes of enhancing its ability to respond to the threat posed by international terrorism.

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