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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

1680755

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of harm reduction units for the use of drug taking in a safe environment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The term ‘harm reduction units for the use of drug taking in a safe environment’ refers to what are often more commonly known as Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs).</p><p>The Government does not support DCRs. We have been clear that we have concerns about the potential for these facilities to appear to condone drug use and to encourage the continued illicit supply of drugs. They will not be introduced in England and Wales. While we remain open to considering any new evidence, the evidence available to date has informed the current policy position.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/01/2024 17:42:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1603513

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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 funding his Department is allocating to support research on how to reduce the use of recreational drugs.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	163803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department of funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including recreational drugs, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. In September 2022, the Department and the Joint Combating Drugs Unit, in partnership with NIHR, launched a £5 million innovation fund to reduce demand for illicit substances. The fund will be run in three phases, phase one will focus on the development of potential interventions, phase two on testing and evaluation of these interventions, and phase three on scale up of interventions that are evaluated as effective in phase two.</p><p>On 8 March 2023 the Department announced £734,000 funding to support five projects through phase one.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/03/2023 16:51:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1627764

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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, what steps her Department is taking to review the drug classification of (a) monkey dust and (b) other synthetic cathinones.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	185010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>On 10 May 2023, I commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to conduct an updated harms assessment of synthetic cathinones, currently class B, including those sold under the street name ‘monkey dust’. I have asked that this assessment includes consideration of whether certain synthetic cathinones are significantly more harmful than others and may therefore merit a separate approach in terms of classification.</p><p>The Government has a statutory duty to consult the ACMD prior to making any changes to classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Once their report is published, I will carefully consider the ACMD’s expert advice to inform the Government’s decision on how best to tackle misuse of these drugs, including the appropriate classification.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/05/2023 15:56:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1643600

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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 his Department has made on effectiveness of the Additional drug and alcohol treatment funding allocations 2022 to 2023 in supporting universal drug treatment.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	188954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>In December 2021, the Government published a 10-year drug strategy which committed an additional £532 million of funding over three years for drug and alcohol treatment services. Evaluations assessing the delivery, impact, and value for money of the overall investment as well as specific treatment and recovery programmes will be completed by Autumn 2025.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 16:01:12 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1691176

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits introducing drug contamination testing facilities in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the benefits of drug checking facilities, but it recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of them.</p><p>The Government facilitates drug checking facilities provided that the possession and supply of controlled drugs are licensed by the Home Office Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit or, exceptionally, relevant exemptions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 may apply.</p><p>Ministers are clear that drug checking services must not condone drug use and should only be delivered where licensed and operated responsibly, in line with Government policy to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/02/2024 11:56:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1697948

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal drug related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	19826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman Parliamentary Question of 21st March is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/04/2024 11:37:23 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ19826 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1567786

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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, for what reason the Home Office rejected the long term recommendations made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to mitigate barriers to research in December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	125218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The then Government responded to the advice provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 2017, “Legitimate Use of Controlled Drugs: Research and Healthcare”, in 2019.</p><p>The response sets out the Government’s view of each recommendation. The response was published on Gov.uk and is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legitimate-use-of-controlled-drugs-research-and-healthcare" target="_blank">Legitimate use of controlled drugs: research and healthcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/01/2023 11:01:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1643136

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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, with reference to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs' Part 2 report on Barriers to Research commission, published 12th December 2022, when her Department received a draft copy of the report; when she expects the final document to be published; and for what reasons her Department received an advance draft copy.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	188448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has not received an advance draft of the ACMD’s barriers to research – part 2 report. I look forward to receiving the ACMD’s advice on this important topic.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2023 14:30:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt