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Written question asked by Lord Lilley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 March 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 16 March 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are involved in methadone treatment programmes in England and Wales. - Inc fact that the information requested is not available centrally.
Answer

Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are involved in methadone treatment programmes in England and Wales. [113964] Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not available centrally. Information is available from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases on the number of users presenting to services for treatment and the drugs misused. Reliable information is not available centrally on the treatment given.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
346 c300W; 113964
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Drugs Patients Methadone
Contains statistics
Yes