Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will make an assessment of the lessons to be learned for the payment-by-results contract model for support services from the closing down of drugs and alcohol charity Lifeline.

The Department commissioned a three year independent evaluation of the Payment by Results (PbR) for Recovery Pilot Programme in 2014. The evaluation was undertaken by the University of Manchester and publication of a final report is expected later this year. This evaluation is aimed at ensuring the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of drug and alcohol recovery PbR models.