Written question asked by Ronnie Campbell (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 January 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 January 1998. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 January 1998 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Blyth Valley are injecting Methadone. - Inc fact that we do not hold the information requested centrally and ref to Department of Health's Statistical Bulletin "Drug Misuse Statistics".

Answer: Mr. Ronnie Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Blyth Valley are injecting Methadone. [24021] Ms Jowell: We do not hold the information requested centrally, although the Department of Health's Statistical Bulletin "Drug Misuse Statistics" for the six month period ending 31 March 1996 includes some related data for Northumberland and copies have been placed in the Library. Northumberland Health Authority report that since the introduction of the Blyth Pilot Supervised Methadone Administration scheme in November 1996 the leakage of methadone onto the illegal market has been reduced, if not eliminated, and the police have not recovered any methadone in Blyth.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 24021; 304 c604W;304 c598W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Drugs Patients Misuse Methadone Northumberland Health Authority Blyth Valley