Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each gender over the age of 50 have been treated for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction in each of the last five years.
The number of people of each gender over the age of 50 who have been in drug or alcohol treatment for the last five years can be accessed in the following link:
https://www.ndtms.net/Publications/AnnualReports.aspx
Source: National Drug Treatment Monitoring System