Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on effectiveness of the Additional drug and alcohol treatment funding allocations 2022 to 2023 in supporting universal drug treatment.

In December 2021, the Government published a 10-year drug strategy which committed an additional £532 million of funding over three years for drug and alcohol treatment services. Evaluations assessing the delivery, impact, and value for money of the overall investment as well as specific treatment and recovery programmes will be completed by Autumn 2025.