Written questions

Opioids: Rehabilitation

Commons · Question 91918 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will expand substitution therapy interventions for those with opioid dependency.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Nov 2025

Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services according to local need, and this includes the provision of opioid substitution treatment such as methadone and both oral and long-acting injectable buprenorphine.On 2...