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Deposited Paper DEP 01/751

Deposited by

Home Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

DEP 01/751

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Drug Prevention Advisory Service Business Plan. (In library as Dep 01/751).

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

159023; 367 c382W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to prevent the use of gamma hydroxy butyrate in night clubs and pubs.

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2000

For answer on

15 March 2000

Answered on

15 March 2000

Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to prevent the use of gamma hydroxy butyrate in night clubs and pubs. [114162] Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS) was established in April 1999, with a remit to promote effective drugs prevention and to support local Drug Action Teams in their role of delivering the aims of the Government's national anti-drugs strategy. At a national level, DPAS works with the Department of Health and others on helping to establish the best ways and means of targeting young people with sound information about the risks of substance misuse. DPAS regional teams are well placed to engage with Drug Action Teams, local authority licensing bodies and other partnerships about approaches to tackling the problem of substance misuse in clubs and pubs, including the harmonisation of enforcement activity with local and community concerns about such misuse. Other measures taken recently to tackle the use of drugs in clubs and similar venues include bringing into force the Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997. It enables local authorities to close those clubs found to have a serious problem relating to the supply or use of controlled drugs. Home Office guidance has been issued to local authorities on the implementation of the Act. It is designed to encourage and develop partnerships between the police, licensing authorities and club operators to combat the threat posed by drugs to clubs and provide a safe environment for customers. In November 1998, a Good Practice Guide on the Implementation of the Act was published jointly by the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Local Government Association, the British Entertainment and Discotheque Association and the United Kingdom Anti-Drugs Co-ordination Unit. Its recommendations include a range of measures to be implemented by clubs to safeguard health and safety and to discourage drug users on their premises.

Date

15 March 2000

Reference

346 c176-7W; 114162

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures his Department is taking to tackle the problems caused by drugs in local communities. - Including figure and ref to Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain.

Asked by

Jim Dobbin (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 1999

For answer on

10 January 2000

Answered on

10 January 2000

Mr. Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures his Department is taking to tackle the problems caused by drugs in local communities. [103382] Mr. Charles Clarke: Action by the Home Office is being taken forward as part of the Government's 10-year national anti-drugs strategy "Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain", published in April 1998. The Home Office is contributing to the strategy on several fronts. The Department's Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS), which succeeded the Drug Prevention Initiative on 1 April 1999, is actively promoting effective community-based drugs prevention and supporting the delivery of Aim 1 (helping young people resist drug misuse), and Aim 2 (protecting communities from drug-related anti-social and criminal behaviour) of the national strategy. DPAS is the first Government drugs prevention organisation to cover the whole of England. It works closely with Drug Action Teams--the bodies charged with local delivery of the national strategy--to encourage and support the development of effective local prevention initiatives. DPAS also provides advice and support to community-based partnerships on how to address drug related problems within communities. In addition, it acts as a pressure point on other relevant initiatives and programmes such as community safety, crime reduction and community regeneration, to ensure that drug issues are included on those agendas. The Home Office crime reduction strategy places a strong emphasis on breaking the link between drugs and crime. Many acquisitive crimes are connected to drug misuse. The crime reduction strategy has a particular focus on domestic burglary and vehicle crime. For example, funding is being made available to protect over two million homes in 500 high burglary areas over the next two years. Moreover, the Government introduced new legislation this month which provides for mandatory sentences of at least three years for third-time burglars. Targeted policing initiatives are also being adopted to tackle crimes like drug dealing in communities. Other measures designed to break the link between drugs and crime include the piloting of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; the provision of £20 million to pump prime the establishment of arrest referral schemes across England and Wales to lead drug misusing offenders into treatment; and proposals to extend drug testing across the criminal justice system.

Legislation

Urban Regeneration and Countryside Protection Bill 1999/2000

Date

10 January 2000

Reference

342 c10-1W; 103382

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the funding for the anti-drugs strategy made available under the Comprehensive Spending Review is to be spent each year on (a) drugs education in primary and secondary schools and (b) other forms of drugs education for children and young...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 1999

Reference

341 c416W; 102793

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 99/704

Deposited by

Home Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

31 March 1999

Reference

Dep 99/704

House

House of Commons

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

Statement on when they will publish a report on the progress of their Drugs Prevention Initiative. [HL 1797]. - Includes ref to White Paper "Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain" and fact that report will be placed in Library tomorrow at 10.30 am.

Asked by

Gregor MacKenzie (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 March 1999

Reference

HL 1797; 599 c7WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

Statement on when he will publish a report on the progress of his Department's Drugs Prevention Initiative. - Includes fact that Minister is publishing on 30 March the Home Office Drugs Prevention Initiative's (DPI) eighth and final progress report (copy in Library as DEP 99/704), ref to White Paper on...

Asked by

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 March 1999

Reference

328 c555-6W; 79552

House

House of Commons

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