Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funds the Government made available for addiction services in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Health is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, but nevertheless, the UK Government has committed £1 million in additional funding to support the Derry/Londonderry addiction centre as set out in the New Decade, New Approach agreement, and we are currently awaiting the Northern Ireland Executive’s proposals for delivering this centre.

As the funding of addiction services in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and the relevant bodies in Northern Ireland, the UK Government does not hold or have access to the requested figures.