Asked by: Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of establishing NHS gambling addiction clinics across England.
Answered by Lord Kamall
The NHS Long Term Plan published in 2019 announced the creation of 15 new specialist problem gambling clinics with up to £15 million of funding allocated over five years until 2023/24.
The table shows the NHS committed annual spend for problem gambling mental health support:
| Year 1 2019/20 | Year 2 2020/21 | Year 3 2021/22 | Year 4 2022/23 | Year5 2023/24 |
Total annual funding (£million) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Source: NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24