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Drug Action Teams

Guidance

Guidance for Drug Action Teams.

Annex B

This section offers suggestions on the data sources partnerships might consider during the audit process to ensure that the drugs element of the joint crime and disorder and misuse of drugs strategy is based on an accurate assessment of the extent and nature of the local misuse of drugs problem.

 

Audit and strategy guidance

The toolkit is designed to be flexible for the user and is structured so that it can be read through from start to finish or readers can select the sections that they require.

 

Joint commissioning

Commissioning and purchasing are different processes and in many areas they will operate with little or no reference to each other. find out more:

 

Partnership Grant Guidance

During 2003/4 25 partnership areas piloted the Pooled budget for young people' substance misuse work. Evaluation found that they were very successful in bringing partners together and improving local delivery.

Agreement was reached between the Home Office, Department of Health, Department for Education and Skills and the Youth Justice Board to pool substance misuse budgets for young people at a national level.  This is in excess of £50m.

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