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Total funding pot for drugs/alcohol / substance misuse (FOI/4626)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 02 September 2024
Dear *****
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00004626
Thank you for your email of 6 August 2024 where you requested information about our funding for our drugs, alcohol and substance misuse support work.
The information you requested is:
Please provide the following information in relation to the financial year 2023/24.
By "budget" we mean the total funding pot for drugs/alcohol / substance misuse, so please include in your calculations any drug/alcohol / substance misuse grant funding that you received and any one off funding, along with your core funding.
1. How much money was spent from the drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget on the provision of support to the family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue - £122,400
2. What percentage is this of the total drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget – 1.04% (Total amount spent on substance use services in 2023/24 (core, grants and uplift) - £11,802,656)
3. How many Full Time Equivalent posts (funded from the drug/alcohol / substance misuse budget) are dedicated to the provision of support to family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue – 3.5 FTE
4. How many family members / carers of people who have a drug and/or alcohol issue were supported by the provision of services funded from the drug and alcohol / substance misuse budget – 182 people were supported during the year (2023/24)
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If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].
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Yours sincerely
Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714