Clause 10 - Follow-up assessment

Part of Drugs Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:30 am on 3 February 2005.

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Photo of Caroline Flint Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) 10:30, 3 February 2005

Therefore, we can probe the matter later, in the debate on it.

The point is that the assessment should and will lead to a care plan. We are pleased that under the current voluntary system, many of those who get to the point of assessment then agree a care plan and enter treatment. That is worth while. The quality of the engagement by the arrest referral worker is high, as is the assessment that follows and the care plan that is put together to motivate that person to engage. When those people finally come to court, that is taken into account.