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star this property date less than 2016-10-07more like thismore than 2016-10-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces and police and crime commissioners on heroin distributed in their areas in line with her Department's policy set out on page 31 of the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published by her predecessor in March 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dudley North more like this
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Ian Austin more like this
star this property uin 47472 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-17more like thismore than 2016-10-17
star this property answer text The Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, which highlighted the value of supervised injectable diamorphine/heroin in reducing crime, was launched by Home Office Ministers at the International Crime and Policing Conference on 23 March whose attendance included a large number of representatives from the criminal justice system. Police and Crime Commissioners and police forces wishing to explore issues relating to heroin assisted treatment are encouraged to engage with the relevant local authorities which commission drug and alcohol treatment in their areas. more like this
star this property answering member constituency Great Yarmouth more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Brandon Lewis more like this
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less than 2016-10-17T12:07:57.32Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-17T12:07:57.32Z
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star this property label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley more like this
634143
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star this property date less than 2016-11-11more like thismore than 2016-11-11
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many doctors are specially licensed to provide pharmaceutical heroin to addicts in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Enfield, Southgate more like this
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Mr David Burrowes more like this
star this property uin 52618 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2016-11-22more like thismore than 2016-11-22
star this property answer text <p>The Home Office has, since April 2011, issued 196 licences to enable Doctors to provide treatment for addicts in England and Wales by prescribing one or more of the following three substances - diamorphine (“pharmaceutical heroin”), dipipanone or cocaine. The cost of providing a breakdown by substance for these 196 licences would be disproportionate. The responsibility for issuing such licences to doctors practising in Scotland is devolved to Scottish Ministers, and in Northern Ireland to the Department of Health - Northern Ireland.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Sarah Newton more like this
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less than 2016-11-22T17:35:39.847Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-22T17:35:39.847Z
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star this property label Biography information for Sarah Newton more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes more like this
1133715
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star this property date less than 2019-06-20more like thismore than 2019-06-20
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
unstar this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged with the distribution of heroin in each of the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell more like this
star this property uin 267220 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-06-28more like thismore than 2019-06-28
star this property answer text <p>The Home Office collects and holds data on crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, and outcomes recorded for these crimes. The table below shows the number of charge/summons outcomes recorded for offences of the supply or intent to supply of heroin.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Table 1: Number of charged/summonsed outcomes recorded for offences involving supply or intent to supply with heroin; England &amp; Wales</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Calendar Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Supply</em></p></td><td><p><em>Possession with intent to supply</em></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>884</p></td><td><p>1,263</p></td><td><p><strong>2,147</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td><td><p>1,676</p></td><td><p><strong>2,747</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>1,646</p></td><td><p><strong>2,519</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>1,671</p></td><td><p><strong>2,741</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>714</p></td><td><p>1,307</p></td><td><p><strong>2,021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,612</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,563</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,175</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Home Office Data Hub</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd more like this
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less than 2019-06-28T11:58:03.867Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-28T11:58:03.867Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-03-20more like thismore than 2018-03-20
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many heroin-related (a) hospital admissions and (b) deaths there have been in the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Liverpool, Wavertree more like this
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Luciana Berger more like this
star this property uin 133532 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2018-03-26more like thismore than 2018-03-26
star this property answer text <p>The table below shows the count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis and primary or secondary diagnosis of poisoning by heroin for the years 2012-13 to 2016-17. The table shows activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Primary or secondary diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>1,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,827</p></td><td><p>2,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,213</p></td><td><p>2,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td><td><p>3,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>2,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths registered in England and Wales where heroin and/or morphine were mentioned on the death certificate are in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of deaths due to heroin and/or morphine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures were published by the Office of National Statistics in the Statistical Bulletin Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales:2016 registrations (published August 2017) and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2016registrations</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency Winchester more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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less than 2018-03-26T15:32:21.877Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-26T15:32:21.877Z
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star this property label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Luciana Berger more like this
595898
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star this property date less than 2016-10-07more like thismore than 2016-10-07
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Department of Health more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for deciding which heroin addicts are provided with heroin in line with his Department's policy set out on page 31 of the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published by his predecessor in March 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dudley North more like this
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Ian Austin more like this
star this property uin 47471 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-17more like thismore than 2016-10-17
star this property answer text <p>The prescribing of injectable opioids, such as methadone or diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) as substitutes for illicit heroin, as outlined in the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in March by the then Home Secretary, has been an option for many years but since the late 1960s, prescribing of diamorphine for the management of addiction has been restricted to licensed addiction specialists.</p><p>The decision to prescribe injectable diamorphine for the treatment of dependence is a clinical matter, for a clinician to take in conjunction with the patient. Advice to guide these decisions is contained in Chapter 5 and Annex 8 of the 2007 UK Guidelines on the Clinical Management of Drug Misuse and Dependence. The guidelines advise that:</p><p>- “injectable opioid treatment may be suitable for a small minority of patients who have failed in optimised oral treatment.”;</p><p>- “clinicians providing injectable opioid treatment should encourage patients not to regard it as a lifelong treatment option and should regularly review their patients and the continuing necessity for this unusual and expensive treatment”; and</p><p>- The use of diamorphine “alone does not constitute drug treatment…it should be seen as on element or pathway within wider packages of planned and integrated drug treatment”.</p><p>The guidelines are currently being reviewed by an Expert Working Group, to take into account developments in the evidence base. In July 2016, the Expert Working Group published their draft update for consultation. The consultation has closed and the responses are being considered by the Expert Working Group.</p><p>Diamorphine is licensed as a medicine by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Clinicians wishing to legally prescribe it for the treatment of dependence need to obtain a licence for that purpose from the Home Office and to comply with all other legislation relevant to the safe management, use and supply of medicines which are controlled drugs.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
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47473 more like this
47544 more like this
47629 more like this
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less than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.09Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.09Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley more like this
595901
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2016-10-07more like thismore than 2016-10-07
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Department of Health more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
unstar this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used when deciding to give heroin to heroin addicts in line with his Department's policy set out on page 31 of the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published by his predecessor in March 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dudley North more like this
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Ian Austin more like this
star this property uin 47473 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-17more like thismore than 2016-10-17
star this property answer text <p>The prescribing of injectable opioids, such as methadone or diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) as substitutes for illicit heroin, as outlined in the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in March by the then Home Secretary, has been an option for many years but since the late 1960s, prescribing of diamorphine for the management of addiction has been restricted to licensed addiction specialists.</p><p>The decision to prescribe injectable diamorphine for the treatment of dependence is a clinical matter, for a clinician to take in conjunction with the patient. Advice to guide these decisions is contained in Chapter 5 and Annex 8 of the 2007 UK Guidelines on the Clinical Management of Drug Misuse and Dependence. The guidelines advise that:</p><p>- “injectable opioid treatment may be suitable for a small minority of patients who have failed in optimised oral treatment.”;</p><p>- “clinicians providing injectable opioid treatment should encourage patients not to regard it as a lifelong treatment option and should regularly review their patients and the continuing necessity for this unusual and expensive treatment”; and</p><p>- The use of diamorphine “alone does not constitute drug treatment…it should be seen as on element or pathway within wider packages of planned and integrated drug treatment”.</p><p>The guidelines are currently being reviewed by an Expert Working Group, to take into account developments in the evidence base. In July 2016, the Expert Working Group published their draft update for consultation. The consultation has closed and the responses are being considered by the Expert Working Group.</p><p>Diamorphine is licensed as a medicine by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Clinicians wishing to legally prescribe it for the treatment of dependence need to obtain a licence for that purpose from the Home Office and to comply with all other legislation relevant to the safe management, use and supply of medicines which are controlled drugs.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
47471 more like this
47544 more like this
47629 more like this
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less than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.17Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.17Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley more like this
595906
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star this property date less than 2016-10-07more like thismore than 2016-10-07
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Department of Health more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and by whom the decision was taken to give heroin to heroin addicts in line with his Department's policy set out on page 31 of Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published by his predecessor in March 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dudley North more like this
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Ian Austin more like this
star this property uin 47544 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-17more like thismore than 2016-10-17
star this property answer text <p>The prescribing of injectable opioids, such as methadone or diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) as substitutes for illicit heroin, as outlined in the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in March by the then Home Secretary, has been an option for many years but since the late 1960s, prescribing of diamorphine for the management of addiction has been restricted to licensed addiction specialists.</p><p>The decision to prescribe injectable diamorphine for the treatment of dependence is a clinical matter, for a clinician to take in conjunction with the patient. Advice to guide these decisions is contained in Chapter 5 and Annex 8 of the 2007 UK Guidelines on the Clinical Management of Drug Misuse and Dependence. The guidelines advise that:</p><p>- “injectable opioid treatment may be suitable for a small minority of patients who have failed in optimised oral treatment.”;</p><p>- “clinicians providing injectable opioid treatment should encourage patients not to regard it as a lifelong treatment option and should regularly review their patients and the continuing necessity for this unusual and expensive treatment”; and</p><p>- The use of diamorphine “alone does not constitute drug treatment…it should be seen as on element or pathway within wider packages of planned and integrated drug treatment”.</p><p>The guidelines are currently being reviewed by an Expert Working Group, to take into account developments in the evidence base. In July 2016, the Expert Working Group published their draft update for consultation. The consultation has closed and the responses are being considered by the Expert Working Group.</p><p>Diamorphine is licensed as a medicine by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Clinicians wishing to legally prescribe it for the treatment of dependence need to obtain a licence for that purpose from the Home Office and to comply with all other legislation relevant to the safe management, use and supply of medicines which are controlled drugs.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
47471 more like this
47473 more like this
47629 more like this
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less than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.263Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-17T15:31:03.263Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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1511
star this property label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley more like this
634155
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star this property date less than 2016-11-11more like thismore than 2016-11-11
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Department of Health more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many addicts have received pharmaceutical heroin from the public purse in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since 2000. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Enfield, Southgate more like this
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Mr David Burrowes more like this
star this property uin 52664 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-11-16more like thismore than 2016-11-16
star this property answer text <p>The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System collects information on structured treatment for drug and/or alcohol users in England, but does not collect data on which drugs are used in opioid substitution treatment.</p><p> </p><p>As health is a devolved matter we cannot answer for the devolved administrations.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
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less than 2016-11-16T14:17:05.643Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-16T14:17:05.643Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes more like this
967879
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star this property date less than 2018-09-04more like thismore than 2018-09-04
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support the ageing profile of heroin users; and whether his Department has a written strategy to support ageing heroin users. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Leicester South more like this
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Jonathan Ashworth more like this
star this property uin 170320 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2018-09-12more like thismore than 2018-09-12
star this property answer text <p>The 2017 Drug Strategy sets out a comprehensive approach for local, national and international stakeholders to tackle the challenges illicit drugs place on society. The Strategy recognises the support needed for ageing heroin users and outlines a targeted approach for evolving and emerging threats such as those posed by the emergence of new psychoactive substances. There are no plans to develop separate individual written strategies on these issues.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Winchester more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 170321 more like this
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less than 2018-09-12T16:34:16.547Zmore like thismore than 2018-09-12T16:34:16.547Z
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4067
star this property label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth more like this
595900
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2016-10-07more like thismore than 2016-10-07
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Department of Health more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health more like this
star this property hansard heading Heroin remove filter
unstar this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on providing heroin to heroin addicts in line with his Department's policy set out on page 31 of the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published by his predecessor in March 2016. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dudley North more like this
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Ian Austin more like this
star this property uin 47475 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-10-17more like thismore than 2016-10-17
star this property answer text <p>As outlined in the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, the use of injectable diamorphine as part of treatment for a small cohort of entrenched, long-term opiate users can be effective.</p><p> </p><p>On behalf of the Department, Public Health England managed a pilot programme of supervised injectable diamorphine prescribing at a cost of £2 million per annum. The pilot ran from 2012 to 2015 at: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Southwark, London; Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Brighton; and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in Easington, County Durham.</p><p> </p><p>Information about expenditure on diamorphine prescribing for the treatment of dependence, sites where it is available outside this pilot, and how much diamorphine has been prescribed to heroin addicts is not collected centrally. The decision to commission and fund the local provision of diamorphine prescribing is for local authorities.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
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47474 more like this
47476 more like this
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less than 2016-10-17T15:28:33.147Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-17T15:28:33.147Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley more like this