Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL
CABINET DECISION
PROFORMA
Cabinet Meeting ........................................................................ 13 March 2025
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Title of Item/Report
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Drug Strategy Grants 2025/26
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Record of the Decision
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Consideration was given to a report that provided a summary of the planned expenditure of the ring-fenced drug strategy grants provided by the Department of Health and Social Care via the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) for 2025/26.
This was the fourth year of funding, which complemented the core contract for substance misuse services, and provided an additional £2.5million for 2025/26. The terms and conditions for these grants included an obligation to maintain levels of investment in drug and alcohol services and to use this additional funding to implement activities from a ‘menu of interventions’.
The core contract for community-based substance misuse services was funded from the Public Health Grant. The paper referred to additional year-on-year grants provided via a memorandum of understanding with OHID and this was detailed within the report.
Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery improvement grant (DATRIG) was a single payment to SBC which covered both the SSMTRG and the IPD. Funding for these streams was at the same allocation as 2024/25. IPS was a stand-alone grant and had increased by £22k for North of Tees (SBC and HBC). £1.8m of the above funding was captured in the annual procurement plan (Cabinet, 13/03/25). This briefing set out broader context to Cabinet, on the package of proposals against the drugs strategy grant, submitted to OHID on 28/02/25.
The planned expenditure would build on activity that had led to improved outcomes and delivery of national targets in 2024/25.
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
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Reasons for the Decision
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Report for noting only.
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Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
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None
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Declared (Cabinet Member) Conflicts of Interest
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None
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Details of any Dispensations
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None
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Date and Time by which Call In must be executed
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N/A
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Proper Officer
Report author: Sarah Bowman-Abouna
Publication date: 13/03/2025
Date of decision: 13/03/2025
Decided at meeting: 13/03/2025 - Cabinet
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