To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the potential impact on young people of the proposed changes to funding for drug and alcohol action teams. (133476)

I have been asked to reply.

Drug use among young people is assessed through the Schools Survey and British Crime Survey. Class A drug use is stable and there have been significant reductions in frequent use of any drug by young people. The Government are making £55 million available in 2007-08 to support prevention, early intervention and treatment services for young people experiencing problems with drugs to be used alongside mainstream funding.