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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance will be provided to police officers on the implementation of the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	198827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with the Police Service about the implementation of the new drug driving offence and has every confidence that the police will implement it effectively including the application of the statutory medical defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Service is in the process of amending their procedures, which will include the statutory medical defence and its operation. These will be issued in advance of the introduction of the new offence. This will provide each force plenty of time to consider the new procedures. We are confident forces will properly consider and include the new offence alongside current drink and drug drive training.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198826 198833 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:27:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

58121

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with external stakeholders on planned communications regarding the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	198834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials working on the new drug driving legislation meet regularly with stakeholders from both the law enforcement and healthcare sectors. These meetings include discussions on how the new offence will be communicated.</p><p> </p><p>The medical profession has assisted the Department in developing guidance to healthcare professionals to use in discussion with their patients. We expect to publish the guidance later in the summer and will circulate it to the medical profession. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently working with pharmaceutical companies to update the product information of those medicines implicated by the new legislation. MHRA also expect to issue a ‘Drug Safety Update' article later in the summer to include details about the new offence for healthcare professionals. This will be accompanied by an article for patients. MHRA also work closely with the British National Formulary to update the prescribing information for medicines as new safety information emerges and will ensure this new information is brought to their attention. The Think! campaign is in the process of being developed but we expect to start informing the public about the new offence just prior to its introduction followed be a more concentrated campaign on its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198828 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:30:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

58122

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with external stakeholders regarding guidance for police officers of the implementation of the new drug driving offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	198833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with the Police Service about the implementation of the new drug driving offence and has every confidence that the police will implement it effectively including the application of the statutory medical defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Service is in the process of amending their procedures, which will include the statutory medical defence and its operation. These will be issued in advance of the introduction of the new offence. This will provide each force plenty of time to consider the new procedures. We are confident forces will properly consider and include the new offence alongside current drink and drug drive training.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198826 198827 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:27:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

58123

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether guidance provided to police officers on the implementation of the new drug driving offence will include information on the position of patients taking legitimately prescribed medications; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	198826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with the Police Service about the implementation of the new drug driving offence and has every confidence that the police will implement it effectively including the application of the statutory medical defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Service is in the process of amending their procedures, which will include the statutory medical defence and its operation. These will be issued in advance of the introduction of the new offence. This will provide each force plenty of time to consider the new procedures. We are confident forces will properly consider and include the new offence alongside current drink and drug drive training.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198827 198833 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:27:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

58124

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 760W, on driving under influence: drugs, what the proposed timetable is for the steps his Department proposes to take to communicate the new drug driving offence.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	198828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials working on the new drug driving legislation meet regularly with stakeholders from both the law enforcement and healthcare sectors. These meetings include discussions on how the new offence will be communicated.</p><p> </p><p>The medical profession has assisted the Department in developing guidance to healthcare professionals to use in discussion with their patients. We expect to publish the guidance later in the summer and will circulate it to the medical profession. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently working with pharmaceutical companies to update the product information of those medicines implicated by the new legislation. MHRA also expect to issue a ‘Drug Safety Update' article later in the summer to include details about the new offence for healthcare professionals. This will be accompanied by an article for patients. MHRA also work closely with the British National Formulary to update the prescribing information for medicines as new safety information emerges and will ensure this new information is brought to their attention. The Think! campaign is in the process of being developed but we expect to start informing the public about the new offence just prior to its introduction followed be a more concentrated campaign on its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198834 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:30:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous