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Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 May 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 6 May 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Burnley are receiving drug treatment.
Answer

Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Burnley are receiving drug treatment. [168319] Miss Melanie Johnson: Information on the number of people receiving drug treatment on a constituency basis is not gathered centrally. In 2000-01, there were a total of 2,874 people receiving drug treatment in the are covered by the drug action team for Lancashire. These are the latest available data. Data broken down by drug action team for 2001-02 and 2002-03 have not yet been finalised and published. Source: Department of Health Statistics


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
420 c1792W; 168319
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Drugs Medical treatments Misuse Burnley
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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