Tag: Liam Byrne

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department’s estimate of the average length of time a person waits between referral for and commencement of alcohol treatment services.

Jane Ellison

Data is not collected in the format requested, however data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System shows that of the 83,771 people receiving a first alcohol treatment intervention in 2013-14, 77,629 (93%) started within three weeks of referral. It should be noted that some people will receive more than one intervention at the same appointment, so the number of first interventions is somewhat higher than the number of referrals for the same year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of referrals for alcohol treatment services was in each of the last five years for which data is available.

Jane Ellison

Data on the number of referrals to alcohol treatment is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total forecast spending on alcohol treatment services is for the future years for which information is available.

Jane Ellison

Figures for the 2016-17 and future public health grants will not be known until after the 2015 spending review. There is currently a consultation on the proposed target allocation formula for the 2016-17 public health grant, which includes a formula for substance misuse services, which closes on 6 November.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total spending on alcohol treatment services was in England in each of the last five years for which data is available.

Jane Ellison

Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for alcohol treatment and commissioning services and interventions to meet that need, using the public health grant.

The Department of Communities and Local Government publishes statistics on local authority expenditure. The most recent year for which final data is available is 2013-14, and the statistics show that local authorities in England spent £190.4 million on alcohol misuse for adults. This figure includes spending on both alcohol harm prevention and treatment, and is not broken down between the two. Similarly, local authorities spent £70.8 million on substance misuse youth services (for under-18s), but it is not possible to break down how much of this spending went on alcohol or drugs prevention or treatment.

Figures on spending on alcohol treatment before the public health grant came into effect in 2013 are not available centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of children who are the children of alcoholics who go on to misuse alcohol.

Jane Ellison

This data is not available centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of which health and wellbeing boards are most effective in reducing misuse of alcohol; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

This data is not available centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 50 areas have the highest incidence of the misuse of alcohol; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

We do not have any reliable data centrally for how areas are broadly affected by alcohol misuse.

We do have data from the public health outcomes framework indicator for hospital admissions where the main reason for admission was alcohol-related. Data for 2013-14 for each local authority is attached.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on steps to tackle alcohol misuse.

Jane Ellison

Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for alcohol prevention and treatment services and commissioning interventions and services based on that need. Public Health England (PHE) works closely with local authorities – via nine regional centres – by providing advice, support and evidence-based guidance in a range of public health issues, including alcohol misuse.

An example of this is the support PHE gives to local authority commissioners with the joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA) process and their local joint health and wellbeing strategies. The annual JSNA support pack from PHE covers four topics including alcohol harm prevention, treatment and recovery. For more information, see the pack which is available online at:

http://www.nta.nhs.uk/healthcare-JSNA.aspx

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans next to update the public health outcomes framework.

Jane Ellison

The consultation on updating the Public Health Outcomes Framework was published on 3 September and closed on 2 October. We are considering the responses and intend to publish our proposals in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of alcoholics in each local authority area.

Jane Ellison

Data on numbers of alcohol-dependent people is not currently available by local authority.

The Department has commissioned the University of Sheffield to produce local authority estimates and their report is expected to be published in spring 2016.