Alcohol and Drug Treatment - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Alcohol and Drug Treatment
FOI Number
546
Date Received
01/06/2022
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
We are collating data about residential drug and alcohol services by local authority area over the last ten years. The following questions apply to drug or alcohol services. Where possible we would like the answers split into inpatient detox and residential rehab as two separate categories. If that is not possible then please provide a combined figure. We have asked for data over the last ten years to allow us to analyse trends over time. If this is not possible then please provide the most recent figures possible over the widest timeframe.If these questions do not apply to your local authority area then we would appreciate it if you could inform us of that.
We would like to know:
1. How many placements (number of patients) have been made for inpatient detox or residential rehabilitation over the last ten financial years: 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022?
2. What was the budget for inpatient detox services over the last ten financial years: 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022?
3. What was the budget for residential rehabilitation services over the last ten financial years: 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022?
4. What was the spend on inpatient detox services over the last ten financial years: 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022?
5. What was the spend on residential rehabilitation services over the last ten financial years: 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022?
If this request is unclear in any way, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Freedom of Information Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it?
Response
Scottish Borders Council does not hold the information requested. Therefore we refer to S17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held as we do not have residential drug and alcohol services within Council services NHS Borders may hold this information please go to Making a Request for information on how to make a request to NHS Borders under FOI(S)A.
