To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much his Department has spent on drugs and alcohol education in schools in each of the last five years; (119428)

Since April 2004, it has been for schools and local authorities to decide on the level of funding to support drug and alcohol education in schools taking account of local priorities. In the two financial years prior to April 2004, total Department funding allocated to local education authorities to support drug and alcohol education and prevention in all schools in England was as follows:

Total funding for Drugscope in relation to the production of “Drugs: Guidance for Schools” (DfES, 2004) was £24,000.