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Drugs: Counselling

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 2 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in London were referred to (a) counselling and (b) other advice services for help with drug related problems in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) health trust and (ii) borough. (132922)

We do not hold data on the numbers of people who were referred for counselling (structured psychosocial interventions) for drug related problems prior to 2003-04.

The following table shows the number of people broken down by Drug Action Team boundaries in London for the years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 who were referred for counselling (structured psychosocial intervention) for drug related problems in 2003-04. We do not have these figures on a health trust basis.

These figures are based on returns to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.

We do not collect data on the numbers of people referred to other advice services for drug related problems.

Numbers in structured psychosocial intervention

2003-04

Barking and Dagenham

147

Barnet

14

Bexley

4

Brent

55

Bromley

146

Camden

323

City of London

0

Croydon

95

Ealing

31

Enfield

12

Greenwich

382

Hackney

51

Hammersmith and Fulham

5

Haringey

150

Harrow

2

Havering

147

Hillingdon

274

Hounslow

26

Islington

133

Kensington and Chelsea

10

Kingston upon Thames

41

Lambeth

149

Lewisham

85

Merton

26

Newham

60

Redbridge

28

Richmond upon Thames

14

Southwark

149

Sutton

146

Tower Hamlets

134

Waltham Forest

2

Wandsworth

118

Westminster

36

2004-05

Barking and Dagenham

244

Barnet

162

Bexley

5

Brent

143

Bromley

49

Camden

343

City of London

0

Croydon

178

Ealing

425

Enfield

8

Greenwich

49

Hackney

39

Hammersmith and Fulham

287

Haringey

125

Harrow

4

Havering

194

Hillingdon

188

Hounslow

165

Islington

287

Kensington and Chelsea

141

Kingston upon Thames

101

Lambeth

148

Lewisham

80

Merton

459

Newham

154

Redbridge

215

Richmond upon Thames

216

Southwark

27

Sutton

290

Tower Hamlets

169

Waltham Forest

18

Wandsworth

175

Westminster

251

2005-06

Barking and Dagenham

248

Barnet

149

Bexley

48

Brent

154

Bromley

196

Camden

303

City of London

1

Croydon

72

Ealing

346

Enfield

14

Greenwich

47

Hackney

35

Hammersmith and Fulham

691

Haringey

97

Harrow

98

Havering

89

Hillingdon

183

Hounslow

232

Islington

173

Kensington and Chelsea

94

Kingston upon Thames

67

Lambeth

111

Lewisham

18

Merton

527

Newham

161

Redbridge

77

Richmond upon Thames

244

Southwark

34

Sutton

330

Tower Hamlets

81

Waltham Forest

133

Wandsworth

138

Westminster

174