National Mission: annual report 2024-2025

Footnotes

1 See: The latest estimated prevalence of opioid dependence in Scotland between 2014/15 and 2019/20. Also see: The 2023 Lancet article on the mortality among individuals prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland

2 Described within the Level 4 budget tables: Scottish Budget: 2024 to 2025 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Baseline funding is included in the total Territorial Board allocation in the published budget.

4 Figures presented reflect the original 2024/25 budget. The Spring Budget revision baselined a further £19m of drug and alcohol funding from the drug and alcohol policy budget line to be delivered directly to Health Boards. This does not impact on the total allocation for alcohol and drugs : Spring Budget Revision 2024-25: supporting document - gov.scot

5 This project was funded via the Whole Family Wellbeing Funding - Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

6 The funds are now closed with the final awards made in November 2024.

7 Cross Government activities in 2024/25 included £1.25m funding to support SFAD Grow Your Own Routes which was supported through the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund and £3m funding to ADPs to increase Stabilisation Placements. Delivery of Cross-Government activity related to Stabilisation Capacity Fund and Stigma Action Plan were postponed in 2024/25.

8 As with 2023/24 National Mission annual report, funding in the Drugs Policy Delivery line is £3m less than the figure in 2022/23 due to the cessation of the Taskforce Response fund for ADPs. However, additional funding of £3m was allocated to ADPs for stabilisation through the Cross-Government budget line.

9 Drugs Policy contributed £5.019m to cover the proportionate share of AfC for ADP activity.

[PS1]To be updated

[GA2]Awaiting NRS stats publication in September