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date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abstinence based approach for the treatment of drug addiction on levels of deaths from drug misuse.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	66453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The provision of both harm reduction and abstinence based interventions is essential to any drug treatment system. Each local authority is responsible for ensuring there is a full range of drug treatment services available in their area to meet the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p><p>During the recent Public Health England led inquiry into the rise in drug-related deaths, analysis of the treatment population did not establish a direct relationship between a policy focus on abstinence and drug-related deaths.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 09/03/2017 09:49:53 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

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date	18/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government's new Drug Strategy will be published.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	71008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>We are currently developing the new Drug Strategy, working across government and with key partners. The new strategy will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/04/2017 12:22:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston