The Drug Treatment and Testing Order : early lessons : report / by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

  • National Audit Office
Date:
2004
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Credit: The Drug Treatment and Testing Order : early lessons : report / by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ap es a d x ) Study methods Visits to probation areas in 2002 1 Accompanying Her Majesty's CR ie of Probation, we visited five probation areas to determine how the Drug Treatment and Testing Order is being delivered. The Inspectorate visited three additional areas. The five areas we jointly visited were Lancashire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Southwark (London), County Durham and Suffolk. SA ERT eee eRe Reviews of offender For a sample of offenders who were on, or had been on, a Drug Treatment and Testing Order pee and documentation For a sample of offenders who had been assessed as suitable for a Drug Treatment and were Testing Order, but who had not been sentenced to one, and of offenders who had been Ra) tise es assessed as unsuitable a (‘Ao oa eR a Pod STAT: CARE For contracts with service providers and other local documentation in relation to the Drug _ Treatment and Testing Order | 2 The visit programme involved: } : l | : With senior probation staff and the board chair With probation and drug treatment staff working on the Drug Treatment and Testing Order With the chairs, co-ordinators and joint commissioning managers of the local Drug Action Teams With the regional managers of the National Treatment Agency and the Drug Prevention Advisory Service With a small number of judges and magistrates With a small number of offenders who are on or who have been on a Drug Treatment and Testing Order to learn from their experiences. Visits to probation areas in 2003 3. We visited five probation areas to assess what progress had been made in delivering the Drug Treatment and Testing Order and to identify key issues affecting local performance. The five areas we visited included two with relatively high levels of completions of the Order and early terminations for good progress in 2002-03 (Sussex and Leicestershire); London; and two areas with relatively low levels of completions of the Order and early terminations for good progress in 2002-03 (Staffordshire and Gloucestershire). “For a small sample of offenders ho were on, or had been on, a Drug Treatment and Testing Order bie contracts with service providers and other local documentation in relation to the Drug Treatment and Testing Order Z =! = (=a =. o Q ve ° = = = a fe} =x je} a o J — iS = oo fa) ° S St a L S = ae] oa 3 job} =) jab) ga © a ° g. | ew = ® =a io) ae is) = = oa > QO = ° = a! fe¥) 3 n appendix two