Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that the graduation rate of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court is maintained beyond September 2018.

Local Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) will continue to be funded, as they and other innovative models similar to FDAC currently are, by those local areas who choose to establish or commission these services locally. It is important that families are supported to overcome issues related to alcohol and substance misuse, and the government is investing £16 billion in public health services and has set out a wide-ranging drug strategy to address this.

We understand that the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is considering the future of the FDAC National Unit, which they have run since its establishment in 2015. Officials are currently working with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to ensure that the impact of the potential closure of the FDAC National Unit on local sites is minimised and that any resources developed by the FDAC National Unit remains accessible to them, and others, interested in the FDAC model in the future.