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Home Office

Answer

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people have successfully completed treatment under a drug treatment and testing order in each of the last 10 years; and what is the estimated cost of each successful participant; [142213] (2) how many people have undergone a drug treatment and testing order in each of the last 10 years; and how many have refused to comply in each of the last 10 years. [142214] Mr. Boateng: The drug treatment and testing order was only rolled out to all courts in England and Wales from 1 October. It had previously been piloted between 1 October 1998 and 31 March 2000 in three areas: Croydon, Gloucestershire and Liverpool. By the end of the pilots 31 offenders had successfully completed their orders or were nearing completion. It is estimated that on average an order costs approximately £6,000. Statistics on orders made, breach and revocation in each of the pilot areas are given in the table. DTTO pilot scheme{ 1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Area Orders made Orders breached Orders revoked Percentage of orders revoked Croydon 42 28 17 40 Gloucestershire 100 63 60 60 Liverpool 68 29 19 28 Total 210 120 96 46 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Enforcement process: figures until 31 March 2000 (from Final Evaluation Report) Note: In all cases, the orders revoked have also been the subject of breach and are included in both figures

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

359 c183-4W;359 c181-2W; 142213;142214

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Costs Convictions Drugs Pilot schemes Misuse Rehabilitation Testing Reoffenders Drug treatment and testing orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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