Written question asked by Lord Mann (Labour) on Thursday, 5 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 December 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 December 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are in residential rehabilitation in their own drug action team area. - Includes table and fact that information is not available in the form requested.

Answer: John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are in residential rehabilitation in their own drug action team area. [86692] Ms Blears: Information is not available in the form requested. Information on whether individuals live within the health authority delivering treatment, for drug users presenting to residential rehabilitation, in the six month period ending 31 March 2001, is given in the table. Whether health authority (HA) of treatment and health authority and/or NHS Regional office (RO) of residence were the same for drug users presenting to residential rehabilitation during the period 1 October 2000 to 31 March 2001. Health authority of residence--data for England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Numbers Percentages Number of users 810 100 Same HA of treatment 256 32 Different HA of treatment but same RO 339 42 Resident outside RO of treatment 105 13 Not known 110 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The data are from the Department of Health Regional Drug Misuse Databases 2. Percentages do not sum to 100 due to rounding.

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