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) 2016/17
b) 2017/18
c) 2018/19
2016/17: 934
2017/18: 530
2018/19: 381
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) 2016/17
b) 2017/18
c) 2018/19
The budget information for drug & alcohol treatment services (substance misuse) information is published online on Devon County Council’s budgets and can be found at:
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) 2019/20
b) 2020/21
Please refer to our response to question 2 above.
4) Does the Local Authority have a strategy in place to support children of alcoholics?
Yes