Alcohol Treatment Services - Find a freedom of information request

Request

I wish to make four separate requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This will be information relating to the work of the Local Authority's Director of Public Health

1) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide an estimate for the number of referrals made to alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21

2) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide the outturn data for budget spent on drug and alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21

3) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide me with an estimate for the amount your local authority area is forecast to spend on drug and alcohol treatment services in the following financial years?

a) 2020/21
b) 2021/22

4) Does the Local Authority have a strategy in place to support children of alcoholics?

Decision

1) Referral data for the alcohol treatment service is not collected by Public Health.

2) LCC can provide the financial outturn data for 2018/19 to 2020/21 as requested.

2018/19 - £4,985,652

2019/20 - £5,009,652

2020/21 - £5,015,652

3) 2020/21 – As above 2021/22 - £5,032,652

4) The Lincolnshire Drug and Alcohol Strategy references a strategic focus on the whole population including children and young people that consume alcohol or drugs or are affected by others that use these substances.

 

Reference number
FOI 311393
Date request received
01/04/22
Date of decision
18/01/22