Question follow-through · 22560
Alcoholism: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support is being provided to local authorities, including Leicester City Council, to help manage the cost of alcohol-related demands on local social services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support is being provided to local authorities, including Leicester City Council, to help manage the cost of alcohol-related demands on local social services.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
Through the Public Health Grant, Leicester has received £9.9 million in protected drug and alcohol funding for 2026 to 2027.From this funding and for 2026 to 2027, Leicester is receiving £983,187 for their Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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