On 6th August 2019 the Bishop of St Albans, Rt Revd Alan Smith, received a written answer from Government, in reply to two questions about funding for problem gambling clinics:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: (i) HL17484 To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 17 July (HL16963 and HL16964), what was the budget of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust for funding the NHS Northern Gambling Clinic; and what is the projected cost of that clinic in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, and (3) 2022.
(ii) HL17485 To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 17 July (HL16963 and HL16964), what was the budget of the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust for funding the National Problem Gambling Clinic; and what is the projected cost of that clinic in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, and (3) 2022.
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford: NHS England and NHS Improvement have allocated £600,000 to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and £370,000 to Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gambling harm services provision in 2019/20, which includes funding for these clinics.
GambleAware, an independent charity, is providing additional funding for these clinics. Information on this funding is not held centrally.
Future years’ funding is not yet available.
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