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?
Answered by Minister for Education and the Welsh Language | Answered on 11/05/2022
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.