Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Custodial Treatment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment in (i) prisons, (ii) young offender institutions, (iii) immigration removal centres and (iv) other secure settings in the last three financial years.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
A detailed analysis of NHS England’s spend on drug and alcohol treatment in prisons, young offender institutions (YOIs), immigration removal centres (IRCs), and other secure settings is not available at the level requested. This is because mental health and substance misuse are not necessarily individual contracts and, in most instances, are part of combined total healthcare contracts. Therefore, we are only able to report combined figures for both mental health and substance misuse treatment. The following table shows the combined costs of mental health and substance misuse treatment in the secure estate, from 2021/22 to 2023/24:
Schedule of mental health and substance misuse in secure settings | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Mental health and substance misuse in adult prisons | £205,900,000 | £195,700,000 | £211,000,000 |
Mental health and substance misuse in YOI's and other youth secure settings | £13,600,000 | £13,000,000 | £18,300,000 |
Mental health and substance misuse in IRC's | £2,800,000 | £4,300,000 | £4,700,000 |
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