Drug/Alcohol Treatment (Hansard, 22 July 2004)

§ Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is available for drug addiction treatment of prisoners and ex-prisoners over the next five years(a) in Leeds and (b) in total. [181974]

§ Paul Goggins
It is not possible to differentiate between funding provided to treat ex-prisoners and others who access treatment in the community.
Table 1 shows the amount of funding available for all forms of drug treatment for prisons in the Leeds area. Funding is allocated on an annual basis, and therefore the figures for prisons in the Leeds area are provided only for 2004–05.

Table 1: Drug treatment funding in prisons in the Leeds area, 2004–05

Prison Funding (£)

Leeds 1,200,000

Wealstun 332,000

Wetherby 118,000

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Table 2 shows the total funding for drug treatment in adult prisons and juvenile establishments until March 2006, which is the latest date for which funding decisions have been taken.

Table 2: Total drug treatment in adult prisons and juvenile establishments until March 2006¹

£

2004–05 2005–06

Prison Service² 44,900,000 52,400,000

Department of Health 3,900,000 3,900,000

Youth Justice Board³ 10,000,000 10,000,000

Total 58,800,000 66,300,000

¹ These are ring-fenced funds, made available from spending reviews since 1997–98.

² This figure includes £5,000,000 from the Home Office for the CJIP initiative.

³ The YJB funding shown includes funding for secure training centres and local authority secure children's homes. The allocation for Juvenile Prisons are as follows:

2004–05: £2,500,000

2005–06: £3,200,000

Note:

All funding is projected and therefore still subject to negotiation. The remaining four years will be determined by further allocations made from SR2004.

§ Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that sufficient funds are made available for treatment programmes for all young people convicted of drug and alcohol offences. [184203]

§ Caroline Flint
Early identification of substance misuse problems and the provision of appropriate early intervention and treatment for young offenders is a key element of the young people's strand of the National Drug Strategy.
The Young People's Substance Misuse Grant brings together a number of funding streams which total £59 million for the development of young people's substance misuse services, alongside mainstream resources by Drug Action Teams.
Over £18 million of the Young People's Partnership Grant is currently invested in the provision of specialist young people's drug treatment services.
£30 million has been made available over three years for the development of an Integrated Substance Misuse Programme for the Secure Estate—Young Offenders Institutes, Secure Training Centres and Local Authority Secure Children's Homes.
As part of this programme of work Youth Offending Teams screen all young offenders and provide early intervention and/or onward referral to specialist young people's drug treatment services.

§ Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether drug testing on charge is in place in Crosby. [177936]

§ Caroline Flint
Drug testing of persons in police detention (after charge) is not currently available in Crosby.
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§ Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to require prisons to record the proportion of prisoners who complete drug treatment following detoxification. [182230]

§ Paul Goggins
There are currently no plans to require prisons to record the proportion of prisoners who complete drug treatment following detoxification.

§ Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of drug treatment programmes within prisons. [182300]

§ Paul Goggins
Due to the need to wait two years for reconviction results, only a limited research base is so far available on the effectiveness of prison-based drug rehabilitation programmes in reducing re-offending.
Emerging research into the RAPt¹ programme is showing encouraging results, with 40 per cent. of graduates, rather than an expected 51 per cent., re-offending within two years. However, such results can only be achieved where effective through-care arrangements are made and timely after-care services are available in the community.
¹RAPt—Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust.

§ Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people receiving drug treatment while in prison were offered aftercare on their release in each year since 1997. [182301]

§ Paul Goggins
Data are not collected centrally on those people that receive drug treatment in prison and who are subsequently offered aftercare on release.

Table 1: Drug treatment funding in prisons in the Leeds area, 2004–05
Prison	Funding (£)
Leeds	1,200,000
Wealstun	332,000
Wetherby	118,000

Table 2: Total drug treatment in adult prisons and juvenile establishments until March 2006¹
£
	2004–05	2005–06
Prison Service²	44,900,000	52,400,000
Department of Health	3,900,000	3,900,000
Youth Justice Board³	10,000,000	10,000,000
Total	58,800,000	66,300,000
¹ These are ring-fenced funds, made available from spending reviews since 1997–98.
² This figure includes £5,000,000 from the Home Office for the CJIP initiative.
³ The YJB funding shown includes funding for secure training centres and local authority secure children's homes. The allocation for Juvenile Prisons are as follows:
2004–05: £2,500,000
2005–06: £3,200,000
Note:
All funding is projected and therefore still subject to negotiation. The remaining four years will be determined by further allocations made from SR2004.