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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target times following arrest are for an individual to have an assessment under the arrest referral scheme for drug-related crimes. - No figures given.

Asked by

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 November 2000

Reference

356 c647W; 136610

House

House of Commons

Spending review 2000. Public service agreements 2001-2004.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 28.07.00

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

Cm 4808

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public toilets were closed between April 1998 and April 1999; what plans he has to introduce best value performance indicators covering the provisions of public toilets; if he will make public toilet provision a statutory...

Asked by

Julie Morgan (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 April 2000

For answer on

10 May 2000

Answered on

10 May 2000

Ms Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many public toilets were closed between April 1998 and April 1999; [120489] (2) what plans he has to introduce best value performance indicators covering the provisions of public toilets; [120492] (3) if he will make public toilet provision a statutory obligation for local government; [120491] (4) what plans he has to tackle vandalism and drug misuse in public toilets. [120490] Ms Beverley Hughes: Owing to changes in the definition used by the Audit Commission, it is not possible accurately to ascertain the total number of public toilets closed between April 1998 and April 1999. However, while the total number of public toilets counted in England increased from 6,128 to 6,643, the number of public toilets open more than 12 hours a day decreased from 6,128 to 4,133. Figures for Wales are not yet available. The Audit Commission has specified, for the current financial year, a mandatory performance indicator for local authorities in respect of the number of conveniences sites provided by the authority normally throughout the year. The Government have no plans to specify a best value performance indicator in this respect, or to replace the current discretionary power to provide public toilets with a statutory obligation. The Government believe that the most effective way to tackle drug misuse and vandalism is through co-ordinated preventative action at a local level, involving all of the relevant agencies such as the police, local authorities and schools. That is why police and local authorities now have a statutory duty, under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, to jointly develop partnerships to tackle crime and disorder in their area. The strategies which have been produced by the 376 partnerships in England and Wales include a wide range of initiatives--many of which specifically target drug misuse and criminal damage.

Date

10 May 2000

Reference

349 c385W; 120489;120492;120491;120490

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government is making on its targets for reducing drug abuse by young people. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2000

Reference

119975; 349 c83W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress is being made by the Government in establishing a baseline figure from which progress in meeting its targets on reducing drug abuse among young people can be measured.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2000

Reference

119958; 349 c83W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets are to be set for reducing the use of drugs in prisons; and what specific measures relate to those targets. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 April 2000

For answer on

20 April 2000

Answered on

20 April 2000

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what targets are to be set for reducing the use of drugs in prisons; and what specific measures relate to those targets. [119930] Mr. Ian McCartney: My Department has agreed the following targets with the Prison Service: By March 2000 Have established CARATs, (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare) the basic treatment framework to improve the assessment, advice throughcare and support of prisoners; and put in place more and better quality treatment programmes. Put in place more dogs trained to detect drugs; more CCTV in visits areas; obtain better information about supply routes and availability of drugs to prisoners; and discourage families from smuggling drugs. By March 2002 Ensure that the CARATs annual caseload reached 20,000; that there are 30 new prison-based rehabilitation programmes and that 5,000 prisoners per year go through treatment programmes. Have developed and implemented a model to assess the levels and routes of supply of drugs within prisons. To reduce the rate of positive tests from prison random drug tests from 20 per cent. (in 1998-99) to 16 per cent. The targets for March 2000 have been met through the introduction of CARATs in all prisons and twenty-one new treatment programmes. A further eight treatment programmes and four new therapeutic communities will start this year. There are 60 new passive and twelve new active drug dogs, bringing the totals to 121 and 196 respectively. CCTV is available in visits areas in 118 prisons. Improving intelligence is an ongoing task. New sanctions for visitors caught smuggling drugs were introduced in April 1999. They include a ban on the visitors concerned and the imposition of closed visits for three months. The Prison Service is on course to meet these targets.

Date

20 April 2000

Reference

119930; 348 c617-8W

House

House of Commons

1R:Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes (Medical Records) Bill 1999/2000

Residential care homes and nursing homes (medical records). Ten minute rule motion for leave to introduce a bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 98 1999/2000). To be read a second time on 9 June.

Lead member

Paul Flynn

Type

Debates on bills

Date

27 March 2000

Reference

347 c38-40

House

House of Commons

Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes (Medical Records) Bill.

Member

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Type

Ten minute rule bills

Notes

Received 11.05.2000

Date

27 March 2000

Reference

Bill 98 1999/2000

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he has in place to address illegal drug addiction. - Including figures and ref to United Kingdom Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator First Annual Report and National Plan. (Holding answer 21 December 1999).

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 January 2000

Reference

342 c62-3W; 103243

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of heroin addicts in Great Britain received rehabilitation treatment in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the numbers who will receive rehabilitation in the next five years. - Includes tables and fact that...

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 December 1999

For answer on

16 December 1999

Answered on

16 December 1999

Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of heroin addicts in Great Britain received rehabilitation treatment in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the numbers who will receive rehabilitation in the next five years. [101977] Yvette Cooper: Information on the number of heroin addicts in Great Britain is no longer collected centrally. Data for the last five years for which data were collected (1992-96) are in Table 1. The regional drug misuse databases record drug users presenting to treatment agencies in Great Britain, in six-monthly periods. Table 2 shows the number of those users with heroin as their main drug of misuse for the period 30 September 1993 to 30 September 1998. A key performance target set in the first annual report and national plan of the United Kingdom anti-drugs co-ordinator is to "increase the participation of problem drug misusers, including prisoners, in drug treatment programmes which have a positive impact on health and crime by 100 per cent. by 2008; and by 66 per cent. by 2005". The dataset collected by regional drug misuse databases is currently being reviewed to determine an appropriate baseline for this target. Table 1: Addicts notified to Home Office during the years 1992 to 1996--United Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of notified addicts 1992 16,964 1993 18,919 1994 22,313 1995 24,530 1996 30,573 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Statistical Bulletin--"Statistics of Drug Addicts Notified to the Home Office, United Kingdom, 1996" Table 2: Users starting agency episodes in Great Britain with heroin as their main drug of misuse, in the six-month periods ending 30 September 1993 to 30 September 1998--Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Six-month period ending Number of users September 1993 8,643 March 1994 9,746 September 1994 11,191 March 1995 12,282 September 1995 13,400 March 1996 14,488 September 1996 16,621 March 1997 18,285 September 1997 16,981 March 1998 16,390 September 1998 18,994 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Statistical Bulletin--"Statistics from the Regional Drug Misuse Databases for the six months ending September 1998" and earlier bulletins.

Date

16 December 1999

Reference

341 c306-7W; 101977

House

House of Commons

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