To ask His Majesty's Government how much it cost the NHS to treat patients with gambling disorders in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, (5) 2023, and (6) 2024.
Answered on
13 January 2025
Each year, NHS England provides additional Service Development Funding for gambling disorders to integrated care boards (ICBs). The following table shows the annual allocation of funding for gambling treatment services since 2019/20:
Financial Year | Amount (£,000) |
2019/20 | 970 |
2020/21 | 971 |
2021/22 | 1,346 |
2022/23 | 4,588 |
2023/24 | 5,400 |
Source: NHS England
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care