HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 cc1757-8W
Mrs. Humble

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Blackpool, North and Fleetwood in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2003–04. [175882]

Caroline Flint

Breakdown of financial allocation to local constituencies is not available to the Home Office. Funding is allocated to Drug Action Team (DAT) areas, in this case Blackpool DAT.

The period 1997–98 pre-dates National Drug Strategy, during this time the primary care trust (PCT) allocated funding for tackling drug misuse. The 1997–98 figure reported to us by Blackpool PCT is £198,776 which covered Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre (all within the health authority boundaries at the time).

In 2003–04 the total drugs allocation for Blackpool was £1,174,983. In order to ensure consistency figures supplied are based on funding streams associated with the National Drug Strategy and are readily verifiable. These funding streams are specifically targeted at tackling the harm caused to individuals, families and communities by the misuse of drugs. Other mainstream funding is made available at a local level, and this varies both in amount and origin so, as a result it is not possible to provide robust financial information.

2003–04 (£)
Partnership Capacity 66,872
Treatment Pooled Budget 740,000
Through Care After Care Pump Priming 35,000
Building Safer Communities1 207,193
Young people 125,918
Total 1,174,983
1 Contains non-drug elements.

Mr. Benton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much public funding has been spent on CCTV security cameras in Bootle since 1997. [175910]

Ms Blears

Since 1997, the Home Office has provided £132,623 to Bootle for CCTV schemes.

Allocation of that funding locally is a matter for Bootle council and Merseyside police. The information is not held centrally.

Mr. Benton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Bootle in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2003–04. [175912]

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 (Sefton DAT).

1997–98 Sefton drugs allocation was as follows:

1997–98 (£)
Local Health Authority Block contracts 728,671
JMU Database 20,000
Pharmacy costs 100,000
Social Work team 100,000
Drug Misuse special allocation from DoH 374,000

In 2003–04 the total drugs allocation for Sefton DAT was £2,142,399. In order to ensure consistency figures supplied are based on funding streams associated with the National Drug Strategy and are readily verifiable. These funding streams are specifically targeted at tackling the harm caused to individuals, families and communities by the misuse of drugs. Other mainstream funding is made available at a local level, this varies both in amount and origin so as a result it is not possible to provide robust financial information.

2003–04 (£)
Partnership Capacity 71,500
Treatment Pooled Budget 1,336,000
Through Care After Care Pump Priming 35,000
Building Safer Communities1 484,700
Young People 215,199
Total 2,142,399
1Contains non-drug elements.