Written question asked by Margaret Moran (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 May 2001. It was answered by Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been made available for (a) drug education and prevention and (b) drug rehabilitation in Luton since 1st May 1997. - Inc table and figures.

Answer: Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds have been made available for (a) drug education and prevention and (b) drug rehabilitation in Luton since 1 May 1997. [159416] Ms Stuart: Information on funding for drug education, prevention and rehabilitation is not available centrally for Luton. National health service funding for these services is provided to Bedfordshire health authority. The Luton drug action team will receive its share of the new pooled treatment budget via Bedfordshire health authority and has been allocated £1,199,000 for 2001-02. Drug treatment in the Luton drug action team area is mostly provided from NHS, social services, police, Probation and Prison Service funds that are embedded within mainstream services and cannot readily be disaggregated. However, certain earmarked grants and allocations to Bedfordshire health authority can. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 Drug misuse special allocation 1997-98 410 1998-99 436 1999-2000 537 2000-01 568 In-year addition 2000-01 118 Health Action Zone drug prevention work in Luton 1998-99 200 1999-2000 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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