HC Deb 23 March 2004 vol 419 c780W
Mr. Liddell-Grainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent in the Avon and Somerset police force area in 2003–04 to combat drug abuse [161867]

Caroline Flint

Financial information is not maintained in a form that shows the proportion of mainstream funding allocated specifically to combating drug misuse in the Avon and Somerset police force area. However, information is available on the levels of funding allocated to Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDR Ps), Drug Action Teams (DATs) and Basic Command Units (BCUs). The rounded figures are as followsCDRPs—£1.45 million (out of £2.09 million Building Safer Communities Funding) DATs—£6.57 million BCD funding: £1.3 million to deliver the Criminal Justice Interventions Programme £1.7 million to support delivery of locally determined action to combat drug misuse