Written question WQ85078
- Asked by
- Gareth DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 12 days
Question
Does the Minister's department have statistics on the number of children, within Wales, who have received counselling as a result of (a) alcohol addiction (b) opiate addiction in the last five years?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We do not hold this information; however Digital Health and Care Wales collects data for children, living in Wales, who have received psychosocial interventions, from commissioned substance misuse services, as a result of alcohol and opiate misuse. Psychosocial interventions include one-to-one counselling services. Data for the last five years is presented below:
Substance
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Alcohol
89
102
113
82
65
Opiates
4
6
8
8
4
Note that a child is defined as a person aged under 18 years old.