To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of changes to the 2008 budget for the Young People’s Substance Misuse service in Hampshire. (174010)

I have been asked to reply.

No announcements have been made in relation to future budget allocations for Young People’s Substance Misuse services. However young people and prevention are to be a key priority within the new Drugs Strategy, which is currently being developed in Government under the leadership of the Home Office and will be published in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the 2008 budget is for the Young People’s Substance Misuse service in Hampshire; and what the budget was in each of the last five years. (174011)

I have been asked to reply.

(a) Consultation on the development of the new Drug Strategy which is due to be published in the new year concluded on 19 October 2007. Details of individual local authority funding allocations for the next financial year will be announced following publication of the Drugs Strategy.

(b) Funding allocations for the Young People’s Substance Misuse service in Hampshire in the last five years are as follows: