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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what breakdowns are available for each of the four headings in the direct annual expenditure table on page 64 of the Updated Drugs Strategy document. [86543] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following initiatives will be among those funded from the additional expenditure being injected into the Drug Strategy. Drug Treatment An expansion of the volume and range of treatment provision including treatment in adult Prisons. Protecting Young People The Positive Futures programme; Outreach workers for young people; Expansion of treatment and care both in the community and in custodial facilities; Arrest referral and community treatment for young people; Community sentences for young people; and Drug workers in juvenile custodial facilities. Safeguarding communities. The expansion of drug testing for those arrested for certain offences; The introduction, on a pilot basis, of a presumption against bail for those arrested for certain offences who test positive and decline treatment; The expansion of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders and the introduction of generic community sentences; Consolidation and improvements in the quality of the Arrest Referral initiative; and The Introduction of a comprehensive programme of throughcare and aftercare for those in and leaving treatment, including those leaving prison. The amount spent on each initiative may vary from year to year as an initiative is rolled out and as the actual as opposed to estimated costs are established.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

86543; 396 c637W;396 c653W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Finance Drugs Medical treatments Pilot schemes Prisons Misuse Young people Testing

Link

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