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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 October 2006. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 November 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Drug Misuse

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on tackling drug misuse in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

Home Office direct investment in reducing the harm caused by illegal drugs is identified in the Departmental Report. Figures for each year since 2001 are set out in the following table.These figures do not take account of complementary mainstream funding made available by the Home Office which local partnerships draw upon to support delivery of the drug strategy. They form only one element of total Government direct investment in reducing the harm caused by illegal drugs, which in 2006-07 is over £1.5 billion.Changes in the classification of funding in Spending Review 2000 mean that comparison with previous years in not possible.

Home Office Departmental Report 2006: Total public spending for the Home Office on the strategic objective that fewer people's lives are ruined by drugs and alcohol:
Outturn (£000)
Resource Capital
2000-01 0 0
2001-02 1,825 0
2002-03 80,169 0
2003-04 96,351 0
2004-05 206,904 2,174
2005-06¹ 184,606 1,300
2006-07² 209,851 3,300
¹ Estimated outturn.
² Plan.
Note:
Changes in the treatment of budgets within the supplementary estimates between the 2004-05 and the 2005-06 suggest a decrease in resource expenditure recorded in the departmental report. these disguise a year on year increase of £25,086K expenditure on the drug Interventions Programme.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
93761; 451 c497-8W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 07/127
Tuesday, 9 January 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Expenditure Drugs Misuse
Link
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