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101647

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	212524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:40:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1147736

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle substance abuse in (a) the City of York local authority, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	293641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 15:25:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1491599

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a renewed public health approach to all forms of substance misuse.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	42091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s drugs strategy, ‘From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives’ adopts a cross-Government approach to drugs policy. The strategy is supported and led by the Joint Combating Drugs Unit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 05/09/2022 11:10:26 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1491600

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for substance misuse services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	42092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The cross-Government drugs strategy, ‘From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives’ is investing an additional £900 million over the next three years. This includes £780 million for the delivery of treatment and recovery services. This is addition to £148 million allocated for measures to reduce crime, including £80 million for drug treatment services in England in 2021/22 and funding for local authority drug and alcohol services through the annual Public Health Grant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 05/09/2022 11:56:25 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1285250

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to statistics on alcohol and drug treatment in secure settings 2019 to 2020, published on 28 January 2021, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the (a) fall in the proportion of young people in treatment in secure settings reporting problems with NPS since 2015-16 and (b) increase in the proportion of young people in treatment in secure settings reporting problems with opiates since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	151653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are responsible for the commissioning of substance misuse services within secure and detained settings. In addition to structured treatment, unstructured treatment is also provided which can include harm reduction advice, brief interventions, mutual aid groups and signposting and information. This is not reported in National Drug Treatment Monitoring System data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 151651 question first answered 18/04/2021 22:00:05 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1381251

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available for prescription medication for people addicted to drugs who wish to withdraw.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	80441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the need for drug and alcohol services in their area and the adequacy of the services they provide. Local authorities fund these services through the Public Health Grant. In 2021/22, the total Grant provided is £3.324 billion, representing a £45 million increase from 2019/2020.</p><p>Dame Carol Black published Part Two of her independent review of drugs on 8 July 2021. This review assessed the adequacy of the drug and alcohol treatment system, providing the Government with 32 recommendations to improve the effectiveness of drug prevention and treatment and to help more people recover from dependence. The Government published an initial response to the review on 27 July 2021 and has committed to publishing a long-term drug strategy by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/12/2021 10:17:44 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1458855

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of services to help prevent drug-related problems before they occur.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	156579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government published ‘From harm to hope: A 10-year drug strategy to cut drug crime and save lives’ in December 2021 in response to Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, which found that more needed to be done to prevent drug misuse. The strategy focuses on delivering three strategic priorities including achieving a shift in demand for drugs. This will include preventing the onset of drug use among children and young people through universal education and protecting vulnerable children and young people to ensure they are less likely to start taking drugs.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/04/2022 10:37:57 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

800718

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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 drug use disorders on Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost in each region of England for each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	117339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>There has been no formal assessment of disability adjusted life years lost through drug use disorders broken down by regional level.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of years of life lost through drug use disorders is available in the publication Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. It assesses the scale of health lost from diseases and injuries in 2013, and estimates the attributable impact of risk factors; data for drug use disorders is included. This report does not include a regional assessment of Disability Adjusted Life Years. It was published on 15 September and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/burden-of-disease-study-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/burden-of-disease-study-for-england</a></p><p>This analysis was conceived and produced jointly by Public Health England and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/12/2017 17:00:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

803007

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December to Question 117339 on Drugs: Misuse, what research has been commission on the effect of drug use disorders on Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost in each region of England by (a) his Department, (b) the NHS, and (c) Public Health England in each of the last 7 years; and whether such data is shared with the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	118427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>No research on the effects of drug use disorders on Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost in each region of England has been commissioned by the Department, the National Health Service or Public Heath England in the last seven years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/12/2017 15:35:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228808

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of substance abuse by teenagers.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	228516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department jointly leads, with the Home Office, the Reducing Demand strand of the Government’s 2010 Drug Strategy ‘Reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery: supporting people to live a drug-free life'. The third annual review of the drug strategy published last month highlights recent and planned developments in our programme of work to create resilience amongst those who do not take drugs and to support those that do misuse drugs to stop.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The strategy includes universal actions aimed at all young people, and targeted actions for those most at risk of using drugs or who have already started using drugs, and tackles the range of risk factors that make people vulnerable to substance misuse. Key elements of the strategy are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Talk to FRANK, which provides up-to-date impartial information and advice about drugs and how to resist them;</p><p> </p><p>- ‘Rise Above’, recently launched by Public Health England (PHE), which is an online resource and social movement for young people, designed to build their resilience and empower them to make positive choices for their health;</p><p> </p><p>- Helping schools to draw on expert advice and develop evidence-based practice, including funding the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS), run by Mentor UK; and</p><p> </p><p>- PHE providing support for the development of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments by local areas to help ensure that young people’s substance misuse services target vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/03/2015 15:13:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson