Health written question – answered at on 21 July 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on the implementation of drugs policies in each category in each of the last 10 years.
The following table sets out the Department's spending on the implementation of drug policies over the last nine years. Data for 2000-01 are unavailable. The table includes funding for the national treatment agency for substance misuse (NTA).
Department of Health expenditure (£ millions to one decimal place) | |||||||||
2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
Adult PTB | 142.0 | 191.0 | 236.0 | 253.0 | 300.0 | 385.0 | 398.0 | 398.0 | 406.0 |
Mainstream funding (PCT) | 145 | 131 | 200 | 204 | 208 | 212 | 202 | 208 | (1) - |
Young people's PTB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 24 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
Prison clinical services (IDTS) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 23.2 | 39.7 |
NTA central costs | 2.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
Frank (DH contribution) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Focal Point(1) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
(1 )Not finalised Notes: PTB-pooled drug treatment budget, PCT-primary care trust, IDTS-integrated drug treatment system. |
The UK Focal Point collates data and information on drug misuse in the UK and reports it to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction.
This table does not include central voluntary sector funding, staff costs, and central programme costs, as these are more difficult to segregate out to demonstrate drugs specific expenditure.
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