The Corporate Director – Health and Adult Services has informed the Chief Finance Officer that the council will receive direct award grants to support improvements in the quality and capacity of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery from 2025-26. Leeds City Council will also receive a direct award grant, inclusive of an allocation for North Yorkshire (for as long as the council is a member of the consortium), as lead for the Inpatient Detoxification Consortium, to fund additional medically managed inpatient placements.