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This statement follows the undertaking by the Government on 13 May 2008 to report back to Parliament one year after the commencement of the Alcohol Disorder Zone (ADZ) legislation. ADZs came into force on 5 June 2008 and are designed to help local authorities and the police tackle high levels...

Member

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

21 July 2009

Reference

496 c128WS

House

House of Commons

Drug and Alcohol Action Team

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department allocated to each drug and alcohol action team in England in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and how much has been allocated for 2009-10.

Asked by

James Brokenshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 July 2009

For answer on

6 July 2009

Answered on

20 July 2009

The following tables show the amount of funding allocated to each DA(A)T in England in the periods 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 under each of the specified grant programmes:"Table 1: Young People Substance Misuse Partnership Grant (YPSMPG)""Table 2: Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) Main Grant""Table 3: Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) Pilot Grant"Since 2008-09, arrangements for the payment of the YPSMPG have seen one element of the previously pooled budget routed through area based grant which is paid to local authorities by communities and Local Government on a non ring-fenced basis to allow maximum local flexibility; and other elements are paid to youth offending teams through the Youth Justice Board or to primary care trusts through the pooled treatment budget.

Table 1: Young People Substance Misuse Partnership Grant (YPSMPG): Home Office allocations for young people substance misuse services
£
DAAT	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Total allocations
Barking and Dagenham	114,008	78,857	78,857	271,722
Barnet	126,888	99,214	99,214	325,316
Barnsley	98,104	55,500	55,500	209,104
Bath and NE Somerset	49,691	30,589	30,589	110,869
Bedfordshire	108,350	71,597	71,597	251,544
Bexley	82,103	58,202	58,202	198,507
Birmingham	529,274	427,308	427,308	1,383,890
Blackburn with Darwen	85,922	48,017	48,017	181,956
Blackpool	78,513	43,245	43,245	165,003
Bolton	191,121	149,899	149,899	490,919
Bournemouth	58,467	40,776	40,776	140,019
Bracknell Forest	35,621	22,238	22,238	80,097
Bradford	346,561	286,332	286,332	919,225
Brent	169,467	136,677	136,677	442,821
Brighton and Hove	101,560	70,782	70,782	243,124
Bristol	243,618	202,971	202,971	649,560
Bromley	97,691	72,952	72,952	243,595
Buckinghamshire	117,902	79,989	79,989	277,880
Bury	75,812	45,376	45,376	166,564
Calderdale	155,228	120,943	120,943	397,114
Cambridgeshire	142,737	88,565	88,565	319,867
Camden	223,325	187,363	187,363	598,051
Cheshire	180,544	122,306	122,306	425,156
City of London	2,710	2,089	2,089	6,888
Cornwall	167,393	102,763	102,763	372,919
Coventry	137,228	96,843	96,843	330,914
Croydon	154,167	120,020	120,020	394,207
Cumbria	175,939	90,052	90,052	356,043
Darlington	51,296	24,032	24,032	99,360
Derby	101,826	65,819	65,819	233,464
Derbyshire	197,203	124,579	124,579	446,361
Devon	211,851	125,887	125,887	463,625
Doncaster	122,252	75,109	75,109	272,470
Dorset	106,370	64,113	64,113	234,596
Dudley	104,102	68,645	68,645	241,392
Durham	181,028	115,930	115,930	412,888
Ealing	226,969	194,847	194,847	616,663
East Riding of Yorkshire	90,396	45,851	45,851	182,098
East Sussex	151,736	105,521	105,521	362,778
Enfield	131,808	97,313	97,313	326,434
Essex	346,858	253,094	253,094	853,046
Gateshead	96,202	56,947	56,947	210,096
Gloucestershire	159,408	104,628	104,628	368,664
Greenwich	166,044	127,918	127,918	421,880
Hackney	326,567	275,352	275,352	877,271
Halton	64,113	42,369	42,369	148,851
Hammersmith and Fulham	135,641	107,898	107,898	351,437
Hampshire	268,077	210,351	210,351	688,779
Haringey	241,445	197,030	197,030	635,505
Harrow	79,601	57,326	57,326	194,253
Hartlepool	65,712	27,852	27,852	121,416
Havering	73,608	51,438	51,438	176,484
Herefordshire	58,831	30,568	30,568	119,967
Hertfordshire	265,090	207,120	207,120	679,330
Hillingdon	95,757	69,984	69,984	235,725
Hounslow	112,438	85,044	85,044	282,526
Isle of Wight Council	42,343	31,767	31,767	105,877
Isles of Scilly¹	—	—	—	—
Islington	252,269	207,221	207,221	666,711
Kensington and Chelsea	109,637	88,419	88,419	286,475
Kent	386,581	283,217	283,217	935,105
Kingston upon Hull	218,050	168,267	168,267	554,585
Kingston upon Thames	50,419	36,539	36,539	123,497
Kirklees	144,314	97,496	97,496	339,306
Knowsley	122,932	75,080	75,080	273,092
Lambeth	314,344	274,035	274,035	862,414
Lancashire	358,613	260,553	260,553	879,719
Leeds	411,448	347,660	347,660	1,106,768
Leicester	148,627	103,746	103,746	356,119
Leicestershire	136,968	82,514	82,514	301,996
Lewisham	201,175	166,017	166,017	533,209
Lincolnshire	200,624	110,353	110,353	421,330
Liverpool	399,249	329,020	329,020	1,057,289
Luton	91,744	61,732	61,732	215,208
Manchester	397,828	330,739	330,739	1,059,306
Medway	88,974	59,519	59,519	208,012
Merton	79,836	61,224	61,224	202,284
Middlesbrough	182,024	152,426	152,426	486,876
Milton Keynes	81,475	54,495	54,495	190,465
Newcastle upon Tyne	137,326	92,798	92,798	322,922
Newham	302,515	250,250	250,250	803,015
Norfolk	299,859	145,613	145,613	591,085
North East Lincolnshire	80,216	44,167	44,167	168,550
North Lincolnshire	63,151	32,015	32,015	127,181
North Somerset	56,512	33,557	33,557	123,626
North Tyneside	87,037	54,177	54,177	195,391
North Yorkshire	179,532	89,833	89,833	359,198
Northamptonshire	190,872	127,851	127,851	446,574
Northumberland	123,428	58,370	58,370	240,168
Nottingham	238,203	187,121	187,121	612,445
Nottinghamshire	213,683	142,917	142,917	499,517
Oldham	108,551	68,959	68,959	246,469
Oxfordshire	157,520	106,636	106,636	370,792
Peterborough	75,148	46,296	46,296	167,740
Plymouth	106,731	71,213	71,213	249,157
Poole	39,302	27,975	27,975	95,252
Portsmouth	83,161	59,537	59,537	202,235
Reading	123,481	105,324	105,324	334,129
Redbridge	98,532	71,590	71,590	241,712
Redcar and Cleveland	61,189	40,803	40,803	142,795
Richmond upon Thames	52,455	39,050	39,050	130,555
Rochdale	183,157	141,068	141,068	465,293
Rotherham	104,968	64,187	64,187	233,342
Rutland	6,418	7,925	7,925	22,268
Salford	190,566	147,003	147,003	484,572
Sandwell	147,319	99,353	99,353	346,025
Sefton	121,670	81,629	81,629	284,928
Sheffield	194,126	141,463	141,463	477,052
Shropshire	72,526	44,841	44,841	162,208
Slough	64,523	42,780	42,780	150,083
Solihull	72,443	45,170	45,170	162,783
Somerset	145,321	86,804	86,804	318,929
South Gloucestershire	61,763	39,196	39,196	140,155
South Tyneside	91,956	53,128	53,128	198,212
Southampton	94,144	68,971	68,971	232,086
Southend on Sea	74,025	47,973	47,973	169,971
Southwark	314,878	272,018	272,018	858,914
St Helens	85,580	47,880	47,880	181,340
Staffordshire	207,713	136,265	136,265	480,243
Stockport	92,230	61,938	61,938	216,106
Stockton on Tees	85,160	49,359	49,359	183,878
Stoke on Trent	111,004	67,429	67,429	245,862
Suffolk	185,611	118,769	118,769	423,149
Sunderland	132,739	84,893	84,893	302,525
Surrey	236,487	178,336	178,336	593,159
Sutton	70,772	51,606	51,606	173,984
Swindon	62,758	38,168	38,168	139,094
Tameside	98,302	60,583	60,583	219,468
Telford and Wrekin	72,625	40,745	40,745	154,115
Thurrock	64,591	39,206	39,206	143,003
Torbay	60,670	35,263	35,263	131,196
Tower Hamlets	337,670	287,884	287,884	913,438
Trafford	79,784	51,199	51,199	182,182
Wakefield	119,818	75,506	75,506	270,830
Walsall	116,259	75,499	75,499	267,257
Waltham Forest	199,097	162,774	162,774	524,645
Wandsworth	197,972	175,161	175,161	548,294
Warrington	59,466	39,601	39,601	138,668
Warwickshire	137,033	88,851	88,851	314,735
West Berkshire	39,882	22,201	22,201	84,284
West Sussex	186,979	135,619	135,619	458,217
Westminster	173,409	142,615	142,615	458,639
Wigan	114,764	71,236	71,236	257,236
Wiltshire	121,067	72,425	72,425	265,917
Windsor and Maidenhead	38,075	24,827	24,827	87,729
Wirral	149,089	103,543	103,543	356,175
Wokingham	24,188	19,151	19,151	62,490
Wolverhampton	123,899	81,282	81,282	286,463
Worcestershire	137,264	94,923	94,923	327,110
York	53,515	31,996	31,996	117,507
¹ Due to long standing arrangements, figures for Isles of Scilly will continue to been shown as part of Cornwall's allocation and not separated out here

Table 2: Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) Main Grant
£
DAT (DIP Main Grant funding)	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Total
Barking and Dagenham	273,407	277,508	277,508	828,423
Barnet	300,231	304,734	304,734	909,700
Barnsley	807,613	819,727	819,727	2,447,067
Bath and North East Somerset	134,504	136,522	136,522	407,547
Bedfordshire	348,484	353,711	353,711	1,055,907
Bexley	194,876	197,799	197,799	590,474
Birmingham	5,287,239	5,366,548	5,366,548	16,020,334
Blackburn with Darwen	277,625	281,789	281,789	841,204
Blackpool	472,805	479,897	479,897	1,432,599
Bolton	1,136,727	1,153,778	1,153,778	3,444,283
Bournemouth	196,173	199,116	199,116	594,404
Bracknell Forest	100,096	101,597	101,597	303,291
Bradford	1,926,287	1,955,181	1,955,181	5,836,650
Brent	1,203,160	1,221,207	1,221,207	3,645,573
Brighton and Hove	384,808	390,580	390,580	1,165,968
Bristol	2,448,659	2,485,389	2,485,389	7,419,437
Bromley	255,437	259,269	259,269	773,974
Buckinghamshire	294,905	299,329	299,329	893,562
Bury	552,298	560,582	560,582	1,673,463
Calderdale	685,101	695,378	695,378	2,075,856
Cambridgeshire	359,344	364,734	364,734	1,088,812
Camden	1,191,678	1,209,553	1,209,553	3,610,785
Cheshire	367,961	373,480	373,480	1,114,922
City of London	320,297	325,101	325,101	970,500
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	306,005	310,595	310,595	927,195
Coventry	900,865	914,378	914,378	2,729,621
Croydon	1,001,817	1,016,844	1,016,844	3,035,504
Cumbria	339,955	345,054	345,054	1,030,064
Darlington	182,146	184,878	184,878	551,902
Derby	468,178	475,201	475,201	1,418,579
Derbyshire	602,601	611,640	611,640	1,825,881
Devon	325,754	330,640	330,640	987,035
Doncaster	1,317,965	1,337,734	1,337,734	3,993,434
Dorset	158,403	160,779	160,779	479,961
Dudley	723,448	734,300	734,300	2,192,047
Durham	500,671	508,181	508,181	1,517,033
Ealing	988,786	1,003,618	1,003,618	2,996,021
East Riding of Yorkshire	226,328	229,723	229,723	685,774
East Sussex	356,965	362,319	362,319	1,081,604
Enfield	759,292	770,682	770,682	2,300,655
Essex	826,742	839,143	839,143	2,505,028
Gateshead	627,944	637,363	637,363	1,902,670
Gloucestershire	361,046	366,462	366,462	1,093,969
Greenwich	827,205	839,613	839,613	2,506,432
Hackney	1,513,524	1,536,227	1,536,227	4,585,979
Halton	137,823	139,890	139,890	417,604
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,118,469	1,135,246	1,135,246	3,388,960
Hampshire	602,349	611,384	611,384	1,825,117
Haringey	1,243,541	1,262,194	1,262,194	3,767,930
Harrow	222,376	225,712	225,712	673,799
Hartlepool	609,010	618,145	618,145	1,845,300
Havering	172,767	175,359	175,359	523,484
Herefordshire	133,323	135,323	135,323	403,969
Hertfordshire	768,856	780,389	780,389	2,329,634
Hillingdon	249,873	253,621	253,621	757,115
Hounslow	794,244	806,158	806,158	2,406,559
Isle of Wight	119,619	121,413	121,413	362,446
Islington	1,333,277	1,353,276	1,353,276	4,039,830
Kensington and Chelsea	1,008,137	1,023,259	1,023,259	3,054,656
Kent	1,151,373	1,168,644	1,168,644	3,488,660
Kingston upon Hull	1,422,020	1,443,350	1,443,350	4,308,721
Kingston Upon Thames	116,026	117,766	117,766	351,559
Kirklees	1,219,885	1,238,183	1,238,183	3,696,252
Knowsley	221,793	225,120	225,120	672,033
Lambeth	1,930,537	1,959,495	1,959,495	5,849,526
Lancashire	1,119,486	1,136,278	1,136,278	3,392,043
Leeds	2,737,443	2,778,505	2,778,505	8,294,452
Leicester	1,558,632	1,582,011	1,582,011	4,722,655
Leicestershire	425,618	432,002	432,002	1,289,623
Lewisham	1,378,639	1,399,318	1,399,318	4,177,275
Lincolnshire	586,959	595,763	595,763	1,778,486
Liverpool	2,154,389	2,186,705	2,186,705	6,527,799
Luton	700,528	711,036	711,036	2,122,600
Manchester	2,848,647	2,891,377	2,891,377	8,631,400
Medway	234,608	238,127	238,127	710,862
Merton	171,555	174,128	174,128^	519,812
Middlesbrough	1,022,237	1,037,571	1,037,571	3,097,378
Milton Keynes	163,880	166,338	166,338	496,556
Newcastle Upon Tyne	1,290,574	1,309,933	1,309,933	3,910,439
Newham	1,357,782	1,378,148	1,378,148	4,114,078
Norfolk	569,371	577,912	577,912	1,725,194
North East Lincolnshire	914,255	927,969	927,969	2,770,193
North Lincolnshire	786,869	798,672	798,672	2,384,213
North Somerset	116,374	118,120	118,120	352,613
North Tyneside	205,693	208,778	208,778	623,250
North Yorkshire	364,011	369,471	369,471	1,102,953
Northamptonshire	1,034,269	1,049,783	1,049,783	3,133,835
Northumberland	314,636	319,356	319,356	953,347
Nottingham	1,794,787	1,821,709	1,821,709	5,438,205
Nottinghamshire	2,339,136	2,374,223	2,374,223	7,087,582
Oldham	890,494	903,851	903,851	2,698,197
Oxfordshire	1,195,115	1,213,042	1,213,042	3,621,198
Peterborough	774,057	785,668	785,668	2,345,393
Plymouth	279,400	283,591	283,591	846,582
Poole	92,250	93,634	93,634	279,518
Portsmouth	282,678	286,918	286,918	856,514
Reading	1,106,837	1,123,440	1,123,440	3,353,716
Redbridge	663,812	673,769	673,769	2,011,350
Redcar and Cleveland	280,159	284,361	284,361	848,882
Richmond upon Thames	124,080	125,941	125,941	375,962
Rochdale	778,885	790,568	790,568	2,360,022
Rotherham	756,064	767,405	767,405	2,290,874
Rutland	5,956	6,045	6,045	18,047
Salford	771,116	782,683	782,683	2,336,481
Sandwell	1,003,679	1,018,734	1,018,734	3,041,147
Sefton	659,800	669,697	669,697	1,999,194
Sheffield	2,348,164	2,383,386	2,383,386	7,114,937
Shropshire	167,636	170,151	170,151	507,937
Slough	854,146	866,958	866,958	2,588,062
Solihull	407,131	413,238	413,238	1,233,607
Somerset	316,763	321,514	321,514	959,792
South Gloucestershire	132,788	134,780	134,780	402,348
South Tyneside	244,095	247,756	247,756	739,608
Southampton	307,778	312,395	312,395	932,567
Southend	166,947	169,451	169,451	505,849
Southwark	1,655,389	1,680,219	1,680,219	5,015,827
St Helens	230,790	234,252	234,252	699,294
Staffordshire	644,560	654,228	654,228	1,953,017
Stockport	664,181	674,144	674,144	2,012,468
Stockton	688,901	699,235	699,235	2,087,370
Stoke on Trent	363,586	369,040	369,040	1,101,666
Suffolk	451,164	457,931	457,931	1,367,027
Sunderland	782,823	794,565	794,565	2,371,954
Surrey	554,147	562,459	562,459	1,679,065
Sutton	159,878	162,276	162,276	484,430
Swindon	164,132	166,594	166,594	497,320
Tameside	823,130	835,477	835,477	2,494,084
Telford and Wrekin	173,915	176,524	176,524	526,962
Thurrock	150,379	152,635	152,635	455,648
Torbay	213,239	216,438	216,438	646,114
Tower Hamlets	1,415,658	1,436,893	1,436,893	4,289,445
Trafford	693,096	703,492	703,492	2,100,081
Wakefield	1,094,559	1,110,977	1,110,977	3,316,514
Walsall	642,837	652,480	652,480	1,947,796
Waltham Forrest	925,327	939,206	939,206	2,803,740
Wandsworth	1,034,156	1,049,668	1,049,668	3,133,493
Warrington	142,628	144,767	144,767	432,163
Warwickshire	474,417	481,533	481,533	1,437,484
West Berkshire	94,930	96,354	96,354	287,638
West Sussex	392,398	398,284	398,284	1,188,966
Westminster	2,016,350	2,046,595	2,046,595	6,109,540
Wigan	1,046,181	1,061,874	1,061,874	3,169,928
Wiltshire	216,549	219,797	219,797	656,143
Windsor and Maidenhead	103,195	104,743	104,743	312,681
Wirral	525,360	533,240	533,240	1,591,841
Wokingham	92,159	93,541	93,541	279,242
Wolverhampton	826,579	838,978	838,978	2,504,534
Worcestershire	332,987	337,982	337,982	1,008,951
York	187,359	190,169	190,169	567,698

Table 3 - Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilot grant: Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilot grant funding
£
Drug and Alcohol Action Team	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Total
Chester	82,000	125,500	—	207,500
Cleveland	—	94,350	227,066	321,416
Cumbria	—	42,195	89,130	131,325
East Sussex	—	35,000	138,334	173,334
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland	—	72,730	156,770	229,500
Lincolnshire	—	25,000	83,875	108,875
Liverpool	82,000	166,500	138,750	387,250
Manchester	82,000	91,500	—	173,500
North East Lincolnshire	—	31,250	75,000	106,250
Northamptonshire	—	54,335	129,831	184,166
Staffordshire	—	30,000	10,0000	130,000
Swindon	—	40,416	87084	127,500
Total	246,000	808,776	1,225,840	2,280,616

Date

20 July 2009

Reference

496 c913-9W; 284831

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

I am delighted to talk at any time with my hon. Friend about what works in his constituency, but he knows that we can report success in a number of areas. For example, this summer the millionth person is likely to go through the drug intervention programme, and overall drug use is down. We are not complacent in any way, but I do believe that we are making progress.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c684-5

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

I saw the report from Portugal and I was left with the impression that it is too early to say what the effect of its change in policy has been, and we have to be careful in the message we send out about the harm that drugs do. We look at what happens in a number of countries around the world to make sure that we can learn lessons.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c685

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

It is expensive, but for every £1 invested we save £9.50 across the life of a drug user. The hon. Gentleman is right to say that we need early intervention, and we also need to make sure that there are resources for treatment. We are seeking to achieve, and are providing, those things.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c685

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

Funding has gone up significantly to achieve the results that the hon. Gentleman looks for in prisons. Of course, we want action to rid people of their drug habits and to end the link with acquisitive crime before they enter prison, but he is absolutely right: we need a seamless system. This means that when someone is in prison they receive the treatment that they need, that it continues when they leave and that, hopefully, they can break the habit and return to a normal life.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c685

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

Illegal drug use is a hidden activity and the actual number of people addicted to any drug is unknown. However, it is estimated that 329,000 people in England were problematic drug users in 2006-07—that is, people using either opiates, crack cocaine or both.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c684

House

House of Commons

Illegal Drugs

What estimate he has made of the number of people addicted to illegal drugs.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2009

Reference

495 c684; 283794

House

House of Commons

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions officials of her Department have had with representatives of community organisations on the use of khat in the UK.

Asked by

Peter Soulsby (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 2009

Reference

493 c159W; 276289

House

House of Commons

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of research commissioned by her Department on the individual and social effects of the use of khat in the UK.

Asked by

Peter Soulsby (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 2009

Reference

493 c158-9W; 276288

House

House of Commons

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her estimate is of the number of people who have used khat in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 2009

Reference

493 c158W; 276251

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend that enforcement is a key part of the Government's drugs strategy, but it is also important that we do not have a revolving door policy in relation to drug misusers and prison. That is why we must ensure that misusers have appropriate treatments before they get caught up in prison, as well during any time spent in prison, and that there is a seamless transition on coming back out into the community.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c2-3

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, because it raises an important issue. The first family intervention programmes targeting substance misuse are under way, and they are particularly important for chaotic families whose lives are affected by substance misuse. They help misusing parents to improve their parenting skills, and also offer protection to their children. We hope that up to 20,000 families will be able to access this support.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c1-2

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

I am not sure that we would agree with the hon. Gentleman's figures, but let me tell him something about cocaine. There is no evidence that its use has risen in recent years. Its wholesale price is rising, as are seizures of the drug, and the purity of cocaine on the streets is falling. Taken together, those factors suggest that the action that we are taking on cocaine has been successful.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c3

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

We made no secret of the fact that the UK Government were disappointed by the political declaration that came out of the long deliberations, and also the conference itself. We did not support views on difficulties concerning use of the term "harm reduction" in the declaration. It is inconsistent to refer to millennium goals that talk about tackling HIV and AIDS, but to do and say nothing about clean needles. We signed up to the declaration reluctantly, but we will continue the process to ensure that harm reduction gets a fair hearing.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c3

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

The simple answer to that is no. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that we take the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs very seriously. We agreed with much of its advice on cannabis and on ecstasy, but we have to take a judgment based on a wider picture, including the harm that drugs do. It is up to the advisers to advise, but it is up to the Government to take the decisions.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c2

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's support, and I should like to pay tribute to the work that he has been doing on this issue. He will be aware that the chemical to which he refers is widely used in industry, and we are looking at how alternatives can be provided to allow legitimate practices in industry to continue. He should be under no illusion, however; we do intend to take the action that he is calling for.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c3

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

Drug use is now down to its lowest level in more than a decade, and we continue to see reductions in the harms caused by drugs. Enforcement action is reducing drug-related crime, more effective drug treatment is being delivered, and effective communications and information campaigns are getting across the message that drugs harm.

Answered by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c1

House

House of Commons

Drugs Strategy

What progress has been made in the implementation of the Government's strategy to tackle drugs.

Asked by

Mary Creagh (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2009

Reference

490 c1; 264795

House

House of Commons

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate has been made of the level of illegal drug dependency in the UK in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Philip Dunne (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 March 2009

For answer on

16 March 2009

Answered on

18 March 2009

[holding answer 16 March 2009]: The Home Office is not able to provide information on levels of illegal drug dependency in the UK, but the British crime survey (BCS) does routinely provide estimates of illicit drug use among adults living in households in England and Wales.Table 1 shows trends in the proportion of 16 to 59-year-olds who have said they had used illicit drugs in the last year; latest figures show that the prevalence of any illicit drug use has fallen since the 1998 BCS.

Table 1: Proportion of 16 to 59-year-olds reporting use of drugs in the last year, 1998 to 2007-08, BCS
Percentage
			Ints	Statistically significant change
	1998	2000	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	1998 to 2007-08	2006-07 to 2007-08
Class A
Any cocaine	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.3	*	*
Cocaine powder	1.2	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.4	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.3	*	*
Crack cocaine	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	—	—
Ecstasy	1.5	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.5	—	*
Hallucinogens	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.6	*	—
LSD	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	*	—
Magic mushrooms	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	*	—
Opiates	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	—	—
Heroin	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	—
Methadone	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	—

Class A/B
Amphetamines	3.0	2.1	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.0	*	*

Class B/C
Tranquillisers	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	—	—

Class C
Anabolic steroids	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	*	—
Cannabis	10.3	10.5	10.6	10.9	10.8	9.7	8.7	8.2	7.4	*	*
Ketamine	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.3	0.4	n/a	—

Not classified
Amyl Nitrite	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.5	—	—
Glues	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	*	*

Any Class A drug	2.7	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.0	—	*
Any drug	12.1	11.9	11.9	12.2	12.3	11.3	10.5	10.0	9.3	*	*

Unweighted base	9,809	12,771	19,973	23,357	24,197	28,206	29,631	28,819	28,331	—	—
Notes:
1. Any drug use includes ketamine since 2006-07 interviews.
2. Base numbers relate to any drug use. Bases for other drug measures will be similar.
Source:
1998 to 2007-08 BCS (self-completion modules).

Date

18 March 2009

Reference

489 c1160-2W;489 c1162-4W; 264082

House

House of Commons

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