Written question asked by Gary Streeter (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 December 2002. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 December 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much central government funding was provided to Drugscope in each of the last five years. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much central government funding was provided to Drugscope in each of the last five years. [85097] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Drugscope and its predecessor organisations the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependency received the following funds from the Home Office, Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 1998-99 774,000 1999-2000 1,287,322 2000-01 1,215,188 2001-02 1,092,990 2002-03 706,511 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 figures relate to spend to date and known commitments and may not reflect accurately the final outturn figure. These figures are based upon information available from departmental accounting systems and do not include all payments for consultancy work. In addition, Drugscope was also successful in securing £76,294 over the two years 2002-03 and 2003-04 from the Recovered Assets Fund.

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