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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 24 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 June 2009. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 9 July 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Drugs: Misuse

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many problem drug users there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years; and how many received treatment.
Answer

Data on problem drug users in 1997 and for problem drug users in Castle Point are not collected centrally. For planning purposes, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse have advised Essex that they use an estimate of 3,486 problematic drug users¹ (PDU). However, there are insufficient data on the number of PDU to determine how the PDU population has changed over time.Data on the number of problematic drug users in treatment in Essex since 2004-05 is given as follows. Data for 2008-09 is not yet available."¹ Based on data collected by the university of Glasgow covering the period 2004-05 to 2006-07."

Number
2004-05 1,095
2005-06 1,361
2006-07 1,623
2007-08 1,762

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
495 c973W; 282856
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Drugs Essex Misuse
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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