Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to From harm to hope: a 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives published in December 2021, whether the £533 million specified to support local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England includes funding for alcohol treatment services.

The commissioning and delivery of drug and alcohol treatment services is almost entirely integrated in England. This funding will be invested in local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England for those seeking treatment for alcohol and drug misuse.