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Dedicated Drug Courts

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

20. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made on the establishment of dedicated drug courts; and if he will make a statement. (279686)

Following the positive indications from the evaluation of the first two pilot sites, an additional four dedicated drug court pilots commenced sitting early this year in Barnsley, Bristol, Cardiff and Salford magistrates courts. We will evaluate how the model operates at these six sites before making any decision on implementation.