Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of the ring-fenced Public Health Grant to Local Authorities in April 2019 on the provision of substance misuse services.

The ring-fenced public health grant for local authorities in England will stay in place for 2019/20. Local authorities remain responsible for identifying and meeting the need for substance misuse services in their areas.