Drug/alcohol / substance misuse grant funding - Find a freedom of information request

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Please provide the following information in relation to the financial year 2023/24.

By 'budget' we mean the total funding pot for drugs/alcohol / substance misuse, so please include in your calculations any drug/alcohol / substance misuse grant funding that you received and any one off funding, along with your core funding.

1. How much money was spent from the drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget on the provision of support to the family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue?

2. What percentage is this of the total drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget?

3. How many Full Time Equivalent posts (funded from the drug/alcohol / substance misuse budget) are dedicated to the provision of support to family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue?

4. How many family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue were supported by the provision of services funded from the drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. During 2023-24 £115,000 was spent on the provision of family support for adults impacted by drug or alcohol use and £8,625.65 was contributed towards the provision of support for children and young people impacted by drug and alcohol use.

2. 1.57%

3. 3 FTE posts for the adult provision.

Not possible to provide this for the CYP provision as this was not funded through the Public Health substance misuse budget.

4. 75 adults supported.

Figures not included for CYP as this was funded outside of the substance use budget.