Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) funding allocated and (b) real terms change in funding for alcohol treatment services in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) Suffolk since 2012.

Alcohol treatment services are part of local government’s public health responsibilities. There is no specific allocation for alcohol treatment services. It is for local authorities to make funding decisions for public health services based on local population priorities. Reported local authority spend on alcohol treatment services for adults since 2013 is shown in the attached table. Information is not available for spend prior to the transfer of these services to local government in 2013.