National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse: Manpower

Philip Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has employed in each year since its inception.

Gillian Merron
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) Annual Accounts from 2001-02 to 2008-09 record the number of staff employed by the NTA as:

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|       |Number|
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|2001-02|27    |
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|2002-03|38    |
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|2003-04|79    |
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|2004-05|113   |
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|2005-06|137   |
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|2006-07|143   |
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|2007-08|173   |
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|2008-09|184   |
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The activities of the NTA have increased significantly since its inception in 2001-02.

The NTA’s role and responsibilities now include the Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS), Drug Intervention Programme (DIP), National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS), National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NATMS), and it has increased its capacity to support local delivery, including providing guidance and support to Drug Action Teams, ensuring they are able to provide drug misusers with a full range of services, as well as monitoring performance.