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Written question asked by Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 November 2005. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Thursday, 8 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health Services (Uxbridge)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) residential and (b) in-patient specialist drug treatment rehabilitation places are available in (i) Uxbridge constituency and (ii) each London borough.
Answer

We do not hold figures for Uxbridge as drug treatment data is collected on a drug action team (DAT) area basis. Data is not collected on treatment places, but is collected on the basis of aggregated numbers in treatment in the financial year across all six treatment types, which are:"day care""general practitioner prescribing""specialist prescribing""residential rehabilitation""in-patient detoxification""structured counselling"In 2004–05, the numbers in treatment in Hillingdon, of which Uxbridge is part of, was 504.The figures for all DATs in London, for numbers in treatment in 2004–05 is shown in the following table.

Number
Barking and Dagenham 571
Barnet 562
Bexley 345
Brent 844
Bromley 657
Camden 1,834
City of London 20
Croydon 954
Baling 1,203
Enfield 608
Greenwich 782
Hackney 1,180
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,079
Haringey 1,022
Harrow 757
Havering 482
Hillingdon 504
Hounslow 857
Islington 1,495
Kensington and Chelsea 1,150
Kingston upon Thames 424
Lambeth 1,527
Lewisham 1,063
Merton 728
Newham 859
Redbridge 651
Richmond upon Thames 647
Southwark 1,503
Sutton 564
Tower Hamlets 1,204
Waltham Forest 626
Wandsworth 945
Westminster 1,392
London region total 27,692

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c1568-9W;440 c1568-9W; 29758
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Greater London Drugs Misuse Rehabilitation Uxbridge
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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