Chris Ruane
Labour, Vale of Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2015 to Question 221072, how many and what proportion of opiate users were receiving treatment in each year since 2011-12.
Jane Ellison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Figures for the number of people receiving treatment for opiate problems for the years requested are in the table below.
Numbers of opiate users in treatment 2011-12 to 2013-14
Drug | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Opiates | 96,343 | 93,434 | 91,560 |
Opiates and crack | 63,199 | 61,620 | 61,353 |
Total opiates | 159,542 | 155,054 | 152,913 |
Source: National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
The most recent drug prevalence estimates suggest that there were 256,153 opiate users in England in 2011-12, and 159,542 of these (62%) received treatment in the same year. There are no prevalence estimates for 2012-13 and 2013-14, so equivalent proportions are not available for these years.
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