Purpose

Approval will be sought to accept the 2024/25 allocation of the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment & Recovery Grant from the Office of Health Improvement & Disparities.

Decision

The Director of Public Health:

Accepted £8,212,541 from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities via the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.

Accepted £588,237 from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities via the Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment & Recovery Housing Support Grant for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.

Noted that a report will be submitted for the approval of the expenditure of these two grants. All of the decisions, regardless of value, will be a direct consequence of this key decision and will therefore be a significant operational decision at most, which will not be subject to call in.