FOI disclosure log

Message from Hackney Council

20 March 2020

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Dear  ***** *****

 

Re: Freedom of Information Request.

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received on 05-03-2020. Your request has been considered and our response is in bold below.

 

You requested the following: 

This will be information relating to the work of the Local Authority’s Director of Public Health.

1) Can the Local Authority"s Director of Public Health provide an estimate for the number of referrals made to alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

2) Can the Local Authority"s Director of Public Health provide the outturn data for budget spent on drug and alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

3) Can the Local Authority’s Director of Public Health provide me with an estimate for the amount your local authority area is forecast to spend on drug and alcohol treatment services in the following financial years?

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

4) Does the Local Authority have a strategy in place to support children of alcoholics?

 

The Council’s Response

1) Can the Local Authority"s Director of Public Health provide an estimate for the number of referrals made to alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2016/17 - 440

b) 2017/18 - 340 

c) 2018/19 - 355 

Please note in the future, this information is publicly available on ndtms.net. 

 

2) Can the Local Authority"s Director of Public Health provide the outturn data for budget spent on drug and alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

This information is publicly available. To see an overview of Public Health Budget allocation to drug and alcohol services in the London Borough of Hackney, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing. The allocation of funding via the public health grant is available on an individual local authority level on this site, using "individual local authority data - out turn", spreadsheet R03 - from 2013/14 

 

3) Can the Local Authority’s Director of Public Health provide me with an estimate for the amount your local authority area is forecast to spend on drug and alcohol treatment services in the following financial years?

a) 2019/20 - Approximately £5.2million per annum (including young people and adult treatment services) 

b) 2020/21 - Approximately £5million per annum (including young people and adult treatment services 

4) Does the Local Authority have a strategy in place to support children of alcoholics?

Hackney Council have an Alcohol Strategy with 4 priorities, one of them being to support families, carers, and young people affected by alcohol misuse

Yes, Young Hackney substance misuse service employs a Hidden Harm worker who works with children affected by parental substance misuse. In addition, Hackney Recovery Service (the adult service) has a Children and Families Worker who supports parents, but also has a focus on parental needs assessments and identifying children living with substance using parents who may benefit from support. 

Finally, the Hackney Recovery Service has recently been recommissioned. The new integrated City and Hackney service will go live on 1 October 2020, and there will be an enhanced Family and Carer service, which includes additional resource in Hidden Harm engagement and delivery.  

 

Appeals & Complaints Procedure

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please reply to this email or write to the Information Management Team and this will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

Information Management Team

London Borough of Hackney

Hackney Service Centre

1 Hillman Street

London E8 1DY

 

Your request should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this response. Any request received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the Council.

 

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner"s:

https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/

Information Commissioner"s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

0303 123 1113

Yours sincerely

 

Information Management Team

ICT Services
London Borough of Hackney