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Written question asked by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Friday, 1 July 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 July 2011. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 11 July 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.


Drug Interventions Programme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were registered with the Drug Interventions Programme in the last six months for which figures are available.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is a crime reduction approach which local partners use to identify, assess and manage drug misusing offenders in order to help them address their drug misuse and reduce drug related offending. Individuals do not register with DIP. Over the latest six months for which data is available (November 2010-April 2011), 30,730 assessments were carried out under the Drug Interventions Programme on 23,391 individuals.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
64157; 531 c77W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Drug interventions programme
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk