The Government announced last week that the 61.8m Young People's Substance Misuse Partnership Grant will be cut by more than 10 per cent in 2007-08.The Home Office's contribution to the fund will decrease by 2.6m, while the Department of Health will pull 4m from the fund.
The survey by the Drug Education Forum found the vast majority of DAATs (92 per cent) said that their funding for drugs education comes from the Young People's Substance Misuse Partnership Grant.
It also found that previous budget reductions have already been impacting on DAATs. Sixty per cent of the teams expressed concerns about cuts in funding, while 39 per cent stated that they had changed the way they apportioned funding to universal services because less funding was available.
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