Question follow-through · 101049
Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure?that local authorities meet the ambition that 2% of the drug and alcohol treatment population?are accessing residential treatment.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure?that local authorities meet the ambition that 2% of the drug and alcohol treatment population?are accessing residential treatment.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for alcohol and drug prevention and treatment in their area, including residential treatment, and for commissioning services to meet these needs. The Department set an ambition that 2% of the drug...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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