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Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on tackling drugs misuse in Warrington, North in each year since 1997. [182775] Caroline Flint: Following the launch of the National Drug Strategy in 1998 (Revised 2002) ring fenced investment in action to tackle drugs has increased significantly. Central drug specific allocations are supplemented by local mainstream and charitable funding. Information related to mainstream and charitable funding would only be available at local level. It would incur a disproportionate cost in staff time to gather figures for each year and they would be difficult to verify. Breakdown of financial allocation to local constituencies is not available in the form requested as funding is allocated to Drug Action Team (DAT) areas. In this case Warrington DAT which covers Warrington, North and Warrington, South. The period for 1997-98 is prior to the formation of the National Drug Strategy hence there is no locally held information on funding available for that financial year. In 2003-04 the total drugs allocation for Warrington DAT was £938,628. In order to ensure consistency figures supplied are based on funding streams associated with the National Drug Strategy that are readily verifiable. These funding streams are specifically targeted at tackling the harm caused to individuals, families and communities by the misuse of drugs. Other mainstream funding is made available at a local level. This varies and both in amount and origin and as a result it is not possible to provide robust financial information. 2003-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Partnership capacity 68,060 Treatment pooled budget 627,000 Through care after care pump priming 35,000 Building safer communities1 208,568 Total 938,628 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Contains non drug elements.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

182775; 423 c1163-4W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Expenditure Drugs Misuse Warrington

Contains statistics

Yes

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