Question follow-through · 69579
Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for (a) addiction services and (b) wider support for people who use addictive drugs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for (a) addiction services and (b) wider support for people who use addictive drugs.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring that anyone with a drug or alcohol problem can access the help and support they need, and we recognise the need for evidence-based, high-quality treatment. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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