Written question asked by John Cummings (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 May 2009. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Drugs: Easington

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in Easington constituency who received treatment for drug misuse in each of the last three years.

Answer

The following table shows the estimated number of people in treatment in Easington for the last three years in which data are available.

	Number
2006-07
Easington adults	590
Easington young people	51

2007-08
Easington adults	553
Easington young people	49

2008-09
Easington adults	425
Easington young people	60
Notes:
1. Estimated figures are provided for the three year period 2006-07 to 2008-09
2. Estimated figures have been provided by County Durham Drug and Alcohol Action Team and adults are defined as 18 or over, young people are under 18.

Secondary information