202300338336 · FOI · unclear
£250 million pledge for drug prevention and rehabilitation: FOI release
Information requested
In January 2021 the First Minister announced a pledge of £250 million towards drug prevention and rehabilitation in the next five years. Of that money,
Nicola Sturgeon said:
“This funding – a total of £250m over the next Parliament – will support further investment in a range of community-based interventions, including primary prevention and an expansion of residential rehabilitation”.
It was understood that the £250 million would be invested at a rate of £50 million per year. On that basis, please provide the following:
Documented and recorded confirmation that since the FM’s pledge, £50 million per year has been invested into drug prevention and rehabilitation so far. Please include a breakdown of exactly how the money has been allocated and where it has been invested so far. Ideally this would be in the form a document that shows how much has been spent by the Scottish Government and which services received the pockets of money. A documented record of how the remaining amount of the £250 million has been allocated for the remaining years in the five-year period. Specifically, how the remaining amount is, at this moment, planned to be spent and allocated.
Response
Documented and recorded confirmation that since the FM’s pledge, £50 million per year has been invested into drug prevention and rehabilitation so far. Please include a breakdown of exactly how the money has been allocated and where it has been invested so far. Ideally this would be in the form a document that shows how much has been spent by the Scottish Government and which services received the pockets of money.’ To answer this question, I would direct you to Section 8 of our National Mission: Annual Report, which outlines how the funding made available has been allocated in 2021/22. A documented record of how the remaining amount of the £250 million has been allocated for the remaining years in the five-year period.
Income Source 2022/23 Budget 2023/24 Budget 2024/25 Budget 2025/26 Budget National Mission (£50m) Corra Funding £13,000,000 £13,000,000 £13,000,000 £13,000,000 Recovery Fund. Increase residential rehabilitation places £5,000,000 £5,000,000 £5,000,000 £5,000,000 Dedicated Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships (ADP) Funding £30,313,795 £30,313,795 £30,313,795 £30,313,795 Developing public health surveillance, evaluation, monitoring and research £1,500,000 £1,500,000 £1,500,000 £1,500,000 Total £49,813,795 £49,813,795 £49,813,795 £49,813,795
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Ideally this would be in the form a document that shows how much has been spent by the Scottish Government and which services received the pockets of money.’ To answer this question, I would direct you to Section 8 of our National Mission: Annual Report, which outlines how the funding made available has been allocated in 2021/22.
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