HL Deb 25 May 2004 vol 661 c118WA
Lord Adebowale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

  1. (a) what total funding allocation for prison-based drug treatment in England and Wales has been made available for each year that figures are available; and
  2. (b) what is the expected funding for the years 2004–05 and 2005–06. [HL2657]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The funding allocated to prison-based drug treatment; incorporating clinical services, counselling, assessment, referral, advice and throughcare services (CARATs) and intensive drug rehabilitation programmes since 1999–2000 is shown in the following table:

(b) receiving drug treatment in the community on release from prison is not currently available centrally. Systems for collecting these data are currently being developed as part of the criminal justice intervention programme (CJIP).