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Written question asked by John Cummings (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 May 2009. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Drugs: Durham

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the treatment of drug misuse in the Durham Primary Care Trust area in each of the last three years.
Answer

The following table shows expenditure on substance misuse by the County Durham Primary Care Trust for the last three years in which data are available.

Expenditure on own population (£000)
2004-05 3,412
2005-06 3,988
2006-07 4,362
Note:
Figures do not include prevention or general medical services expenditure.
Source:
Department of Health Programme Budgeting

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c116W; 276997
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Drugs Misuse County Durham
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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