Drug Interventions Programme
DIP key messages
You can use the key messages - a set of 'lines to take' - on the DIP programme, when drafting articles, talking to the press or for your own literature.
December 2008: Revisions to the drug testing section, minor amendments to the overarching section and an update to the key contacts.
You can copy and paste directly from the website or download all key messages (PDF).
Management of the Programme
Though DIP is delivered at local level, via DATs supported by regional government office leads and NTA regional teams, the programme as a whole is driven by a central policy team in the Offender-based Interventions Unit (OIU). This sits within the Police and Crime Standards Directorate (PCSD) of the Home Office.
To ensure that central direction is both ambitious and realistic, the DIP team is made up of a blend of experienced civil servants and practitioners experienced in the frontline of criminal justice services and treatment provision.
Key contacts
- Programme Director: Sally Richards
- Operations Lead: Peter Grime
- Programme and Performance Management Lead: Sue Young
- Strategic Communications Adviser: Gillian Radcliffe
Policy leads
- CJITs (Implementation), Restriction on Bail and Conditional Cautioning: Peter Grime
- Drug Testing for Adults: Tracy Beswick
- Aftercare: Shereen Sadiq
- Information Management, Performance and Analysis: Nick Manton
- Legislation: Marilyn Blomfield
- Finance: Ashton Cotier
- Prolific and other Priority Offenders Programme: Bernard Lane
