Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Monday, 26 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 May 2004. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 17 May 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Preston in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2003-04. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Preston in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2003-04. [169696] Caroline Flint: Breakdown of financial allocation to local constituencies is not available to the Home Office. Funding is allocated to Drug Action Team (DAT) areas, in this case Lancashire DAT. In 1997-98 (pre-dating National Drugs Strategy) funding available to Lancashire DAT area totalled £670,000. In 2003-04 the total drugs allocation for Lancashire was £6,015,000. In order to ensure consistency figures supplied are based on funding streams associated with the National Drug Strategy and 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 as a result it is not possible to provide robust financial information. 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Amount (£) Partnership Capacity 118,000 Treatment Pooled Budget 3,980,000 Through Care After Care Pump Priming 35,000 Building Safer Communities1 1,147,000 Young People 735,000 Total 6,015,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Contains non-drug elements.

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