RESEARCH / VERSION 1.1 / 16 OCTOBER 2026

North Yorkshire UA

Published local treatment outcomes, estimated opiate/crack prevalence and protected drug and alcohol funding, each with its own reference period.

Field	Evidence
Reference period	2022/23 · 2024/25 · 2026/27
Coverage	North Yorkshire UA
Status	Core measures available
Source-check date	2026-10-14
Area code	E06000065
Country	England
Opiate/crack prevalence (2022/23)	2,053 estimated people aged 15–64; 95% limits 1,858–2,231
Prevalence rate (2022/23)	5.5 per 1,000 aged 15–64; 95% limits 5–6
Prevalence population denominator (2022/23)	372,179
Prevalence geography	North Yorkshire
Prevalence method and limits	Capture-recapture modelling of community treatment, criminal justice and mortality records. London and the rest of England are modelled separately. Opiates and/or crack only; excludes powder cocaine, cannabis and other drugs. Model estimates, not counts of diagnosed dependence. Not comparable with 2016–2020 estimates because methodology changed. Does not measure unmet need.
Opiate treatment completion (2024/25)	8.84%; 77 / 871; 95% limits 7.131–10.911%. Value for North Yorkshire Cty applied to North Yorkshire UA
Opiate completion definition	The number of adults that successfully complete treatment for opiates in a year and who do not represent to treatment within 6 months. Denominator: The total number of adults in treatment for opiate use in a year .
Non-opiate treatment completion (2024/25)	30.573%; 192 / 628; 95% limits 27.097–34.286%. Value for North Yorkshire Cty applied to North Yorkshire UA
Non-opiate completion definition	The number of adults that successfully complete treatment for non opiates in a year and who do not re present to treatment within 6 months. Denominator: The total number of adults in treatment for non opiate use in a year .
Protected funding allocation (2026/27)	£6,774,328
Funding scope	Protected drug and alcohol funding within the consolidated public health allocation. Allocation, not actual expenditure, capacity or total local treatment spending. Includes drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery; do not divide by the opiate/crack prevalence estimate as if it were spending per patient.
Unmet need / waiting times	No compatible current local estimate included. Do not derive unmet need by subtracting different age groups, drugs or periods.
Historical service use (2020/21)	2.48936 per 1,000 adults aged 18+; 1,252 people. Historical, not current access.

Interpretation limits

The prevalence source names North Yorkshire before its change to unitary status; Fingertips explicitly maps the former county to North Yorkshire UA. Value for North Yorkshire Cty applied to North Yorkshire UA Different indicators refer to different periods and populations. Treatment completion is not an access measure or an overall service-quality score. Long-term treatment can be appropriate; case mix differs. Missing and combined values are not zero. No current waiting-time or local unmet-need estimate is provided.

Sources

OHID Public health profiles; DHSC and UKHSA prevalence estimates; DHSC funding circular — Fingertips area E06000065; see each measure for its source and period
DHSC and UKHSA: opiate and crack use in England 2022 to 2023, data tables — Table_1, row 152, columns A:R
DHSC public health ring-fenced grant 2026 to 2027, local authority circular — Annex B, first table, North Yorkshire, drug and alcohol protected funding column

Cite this record

Civil Liberties Action (2026). Local drug-treatment need, outcomes and funding: England: North Yorkshire UA. Record treatment-e06000065, version 1.1, 2026-10-16. https://cla-political-finance.copperchime4.chatgpt.site/databases/releases/2026-10-16-v1.1/records/treatment/treatment-e06000065.html

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