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1000306

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drug Seizures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume was of seizures at points of entry of illegal drugs destined for the UK, in each of the last ten years, and what estimate he has made of those seizures as a proportion of the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	187389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Data is publicly available on the volume of drug seizures by the Border Force in the publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017</a> - see Summary Table 2 of the data tables provided. The latest statistics for 2017/18 were published on 8th November 2018. This publication captures seizures made in England and Wales only. Consolidated data for the UK is not available for the last ten years, but is available from 2011/12 onwards in the publications.<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p><p>Information on the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years is not held by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/02/2019 15:54:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1002107

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department remains the ministerial lead for the medicinal use of cannabis-based products.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	188186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office leads the Government’s policy and legislation on the misuse of drugs, including on the scheduling of substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and associated legislation. The Department of Health and Social Care has responsibility for the safe management and use of medicines in healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/11/2018 17:58:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1003679

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drug Strategy Board: Membership
	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 publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of the members of the Drug Strategy Board.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	189740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Drug Strategy Board was established in December 2017 to oversee delivery of the Drug Strategy and drive action across Government and our partners.</p><p>The Board’s members are: the Home Secretary (chair); the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability; the Secretary of State for Education; the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; the Secretary of State for Justice; the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government; the Minister for the Cabinet Office; the Chief Secretary to the Treasury; the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; the Director of Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco at Public Health England; the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Lead for Drugs; the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ Lead for Alcohol and Substance Misuse; and the National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/11/2018 16:58:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1029310

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to ensure visa-free travel between the UK and the EU for (a) tourism and (b) temporary business activities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	204554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>For EU citizens of the current EU Member States, travelling to the UK as visitors (as tourists, on business trips, or to see friends and family), we do not intend to impose a visit visa regime. The EU have announced that the UK will be on the non-visa required list, even in the event of a no deal.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:31:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1052451

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been provided to the UKVI MP account management team relating to addressing enquiries on the settled status scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	215594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The UKVI MP Account Management teams are provided with guidance on the EU Settlement Scheme, which is approved and updated by the relevant Policy and Operational experts as appropriate. When necessary, staff are also able to seek advice from relevant experts regarding the scheme, in order to address enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 16:50:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

657175

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Aerials: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Emergency Services Network mobile masts are planned to be built in Scotland; and if those masts will be designed and built for potential multi-occupancy by all mobile network operators.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	57095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>In delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), the mobile network operator EE will deliver up to 291 new mast sites. Government will deliver approximately 230 further sites (known as the “Extended Area Services” (EAS) sites) in the most remote and rural areas of Great Britain.</p><p>For EAS sites, the principal objective is to provide coverage to meet the needs of the emergency services, but the Home Office is working with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and DCMS to identify any proposed mast locations which could improve mobile coverage in future, with a view to ensuring these are built to a specification which could accommodate multiple operators.</p><p>EE has indicated that it is delivering around 200 new sites in Scotland as part of ESN. In addition there are 104 sites in Scotland that are being considered as part of the Extended Area Services (EAS). Delivery of these sites is subject to planning permission and the acquisition of land. There are currently no new sites proposed in the constituency of Inverclyde, either by EE or the EAS as part of ESN.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 57096 question first answered 20/12/2016 17:53:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

657176

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Aerials: Inverclyde
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Emergency Service masts will be built in Inverclyde constituency; and what steps she is taking to ensure that mobile telephone services are provided by all mobile network operators on all Emergency Services Network sites.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	57096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>In delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), the mobile network operator EE will deliver up to 291 new mast sites. Government will deliver approximately 230 further sites (known as the “Extended Area Services” (EAS) sites) in the most remote and rural areas of Great Britain.</p><p>For EAS sites, the principal objective is to provide coverage to meet the needs of the emergency services, but the Home Office is working with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and DCMS to identify any proposed mast locations which could improve mobile coverage in future, with a view to ensuring these are built to a specification which could accommodate multiple operators.</p><p>EE has indicated that it is delivering around 200 new sites in Scotland as part of ESN. In addition there are 104 sites in Scotland that are being considered as part of the Extended Area Services (EAS). Delivery of these sites is subject to planning permission and the acquisition of land. There are currently no new sites proposed in the constituency of Inverclyde, either by EE or the EAS as part of ESN.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 57095 question first answered 20/12/2016 17:53:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

757091

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the devolved administrations on making cannabis available through pharmaceuticals where use of that drug can be helpful.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	8282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Cannabis, in its raw form, has no recognised medicinal benefits in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>There is a clear regime in place, administered by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), to enable medicines (including those containing controlled drugs such as cannabis) to be developed, licensed and made available for medicinal use to patients in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Safeguarding, Vulnerability and Crime has recently written to and met with the Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care to consider how to ensure cannabis-based medicines are available where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Minister of State, Baroness Williams wrote to her counterpart Lord O’Shaughnessy on the same issue earlier in September.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Home Office remain in frequent dialogue with officials of the devolved administrations on all aspects of drug policy.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/09/2017 13:18:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

831188

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Spain
	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 the oral contribution of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office of 17 January 2018, Official Report, HC 406WH, what the evidential basis is for the statement that Spain has only one drug consumption room.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	125196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government views the evidence provided by the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction as a valuable and reliable source of information on drug misuse in reporting countries.</p><p>The report of June 2017 found that there are 78 such facilities across Europe, including 13 in Spain. The Government does not recognise the statement that there is only one drug consumption room in Spain and the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office made no such claim during the debate on 17 January.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 125198 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:59:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

831190

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Spain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the finding of the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction of June 2017 that there are 13 drug consumption rooms in seven cities in Spain.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	125198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government views the evidence provided by the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction as a valuable and reliable source of information on drug misuse in reporting countries.</p><p>The report of June 2017 found that there are 78 such facilities across Europe, including 13 in Spain. The Government does not recognise the statement that there is only one drug consumption room in Spain and the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office made no such claim during the debate on 17 January.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 125196 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:59:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan