Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Increase funding for drug and alcohol treatment services

Closed 129 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should provide additional funding for services to support people suffering from addiction. There were 270,705 adults in contact with drug and alcohol services between April 2019 and March 2020. People in treatment for alcohol alone make up 28% of all adults in treatment.
There needs to be more treatment and aftercare to prevent relapses.

See more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/substance-misuse-treatment-for-adults-statistics-2019-to-2020/adult-substance-misuse-treatment-statistics-2019-to-2020-report.

Timeline

5 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
5 May 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 129
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 5 Nov 2021
Closed 5 May 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.