Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has provided to (a) support the implementation of the Drug Strategy 2017 and (b) evaluate the effect of that strategy.

The Government recognises that effectively funded and commissioned services are crucial to the implementation of the Drug Strategy 2017. The Government has confirmed the continuation of the ring-fenced Public Health Grant to local authorities until April 2019, which funds drug and alcohol services.

The Home Secretary-chaired Drug Strategy Board will monitor the progress of the Strategy on an ongoing basis.