Funding for detoxification services.
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23 February 2022
Dear
ATISN 16018 – Funding for Detoxification Services
Thank you for your request to the Welsh Government for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) received on 26 January 2022 regarding Funding for Detoxification Services. You requested the following information:
For the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, broken down by each Area Planning Board
- The amount of ring-fenced, tier 4 funding allocated.
- The amount of the tier 4 budget spent on funding detoxification services.
- Any APB budget outside of the ring-fenced allocation spent on detoxification services.
- The amount of expenditure spent on in patient services.
- The amount of expenditure on community-based detoxification services.
- The amount of the ring fenced, tier 4 budget spent on residential rehabilitation.
- Any APB budget outside of the ring-fenced allocation spent on residential rehabilitation services.
- The amount of expenditure spent on Welsh residential rehabilitation placements.
Our Response:
With regard to Question 1 The amount of ring-fenced, tier 4 funding allocated, I have enclosed a table below, broken down by each Area Planning Board as requested.
| APB | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Cardiff & Vale | £163,800 | £163,800 | £163,800 |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg | £157,500 | £157,500 | £157,500 |
| Dyfed | £110,600 | £110,600 | £110,600 |
| Gwent | £193,900 | £193,900 | £193,900 |
| North Wales | £221,200 | £221,200 | £221,200 |
| Powys | £32,400 | £32,400 | £32,400 |
| Swansea Bay | £120,600 | £120,600 | £120,600 |
With regard to Question 2 The amount of the tier 4 budget spent on funding detoxification services, I have enclosed a table below, broken down by each Area Planning Board as requested. The data for 2021-22 is up until the end of December 2021.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
| Cardiff & Vale | £57,675 | £57,675 | £43,256.25 |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg | £97,067 | £87,901 | £26,252 |
| Dyfed | - | - | - |
| Gwent | - | - | - |
| North Wales | - | - | - |
| Powys | - | - | - |
| Swansea Bay | £51,645 | £51,465 | £25,733 |
With regard to Question 3, Any APB budget outside of the ring-fenced allocation spent on detoxification services. I have enclosed a table below, broken down by each Area Planning Board as requested. The data for 2021-22 is up until the end of December 2021.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
| Cardiff & Vale | - | - | - |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg | £26,055 | £26,055 | - |
| Dyfed | - | - | - |
| Gwent | - | - | - |
| North Wales | - | - | - |
| Powys | - | - | - |
| Swansea Bay | £82,400 | £82,400 | £42,828 |
With regards to question 4 The amount of expenditure spent on in patient services and question 5 The amount of expenditure on community-based detoxification services, unfortunately the Welsh Government does not hold the information you have requested.
With regard to Question 6, The amount of the ring fenced, tier 4 budget spent on residential rehabilitation. I have enclosed a table below, broken down by each Area Planning Board as requested. The data for 2021-22 is up until the end of December 2021.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
| Cardiff & Vale | £101,238 | £106,125 | £74,351.50 |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg | £99,828.61 | £96,728.90 | £80,608.25 |
| Dyfed | £140,245.08 | £122,041.23 | - |
| Gwent | £210,493.46 | £209,796.39 | £63,659.54 |
| North Wales | £221,200 | £221,200 | £211,145.80 |
| Powys | £26,428 | £71,426 | £61,556.59 |
| Swansea Bay | £66,550.60 | £69,135 | £30,670 |
With regard to Question 7, Any APB budget outside of the ring-fenced allocation spent on residential rehabilitation services, I have enclosed a table below, broken down by each Area Planning Board as requested. The data for 2021-22 is up until the end of December 2021.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
| Cardiff & Vale | £19,670 | £208,212 | £18,526.60 |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg | - | £23,372 | - |
| Dyfed | £89,573.65 | £10,914 | - |
| Gwent | - | £128,794 | - |
| North Wales | £175,478.87 | £276,487.85 | - |
| Powys | - | £71,465 | £2,166.20 |
| Swansea Bay | £3,692.92 | £57,592.50 | - |
With regard to Question 8, The amount of expenditure spent on Welsh residential rehabilitation placements, unfortunately the Welsh Government does not hold the information you have requested in detail but can confirm that £250,000 was allocated to Welsh residential rehabilitation placements as part of additional funding made available in October 2020.
Next Steps
If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:
Information Rights Unit,
Welsh Government,
Cathays Park,
Cardiff,
CF10 3NQ
or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales
Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
Yours sincerely