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806115

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to tackle drug addiction.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	119316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working closely with the Department of Health and other government departments to support the Drug Strategy and its ambition for recovery by enhancing treatment quality and improving outcomes through tailored interventions for different user groups. The Drug Strategy is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-strategy-2017</a></p><p>PHE will support local areas to ensure the right interventions are given to people according to their needs. PHE will also support local areas to deliver an enhanced joined-up approach to commissioning and delivery of the wide range of services, in addition to treatment, that are essential to supporting every individual to live a life free from drugs and dependence.</p><p> </p><p>We know recovery is only achievable through a partnership-based approach with action taken across a range of services, particularly housing, employment and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2017 16:43:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

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

800902

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to tackle opioid abuse in the homeless community.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	117461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £16 billion over the Spending Review period for local authorities (LAs) to spend on public health. LAs are responsible for making decisions on how to spend their local allocation but the public health grant conditions make it clear that they must have regard for the need to improve the take up of, and outcomes from, their drug and alcohol misuse treatment services. Public Health England guidance, developed with drug service providers, promotes the need for local authorities, commissioners and healthcare providers to work together to create systems and pathways that enable people who use drugs, including those who experience homelessness, to access services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2017 14:07:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

801009

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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 22 November 2017 to Question 113472, for what reasons the period from April 2010 to March 2013 was excluded from the total amount of money from the public purse spent on Talk to Frank since its creation.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	117568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Talk to FRANK service is currently operated by Public Health England (PHE), and the information supplied in response to Question 113472 was drawn from PHE financial records.</p><p> </p><p>During the period April 2010 to March 2013, the Talk to FRANK service was operated jointly by the Home Office and the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2017 report ‘An evaluation of the Government’s Drug Strategy 2010’, the Government spend on media and information activity under the Drug Strategy 2010, 2010/11 to 2014/15 (including on FRANK) is provided on page 73:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628100/Drug_Strategy_Evaluation.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628100/Drug_Strategy_Evaluation.PDF</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2017 14:05:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

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

791027

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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, how many telephone calls the service Talk to FRANK received in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>During the financial year April 2016 to March 2017 Talk to FRANK received 94,760 calls. It should be noted that the Talk to FRANK service offers a range of contact methods and its customer support team also answered 39,163 emails, texts and webchat messages. The FRANK website also received five million web visits in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>During the current financial year (April 2017 to March 2018) we are planning to spend £978,000 on the Talk to FRANK service.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Talk to FRANK service was established in 2003 (but excluding the period April 2010 to March 2013) £9,117,242 has been spent on the service (including the current year’s £978,000 budget).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113472 question first answered 22/11/2017 07:44:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

791028

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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, how much money was spent from the public purse on the drug information service FRANK in (a) the most recent year for which information is available and (b) total since FRANK was established.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	113472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>During the financial year April 2016 to March 2017 Talk to FRANK received 94,760 calls. It should be noted that the Talk to FRANK service offers a range of contact methods and its customer support team also answered 39,163 emails, texts and webchat messages. The FRANK website also received five million web visits in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>During the current financial year (April 2017 to March 2018) we are planning to spend £978,000 on the Talk to FRANK service.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Talk to FRANK service was established in 2003 (but excluding the period April 2010 to March 2013) £9,117,242 has been spent on the service (including the current year’s £978,000 budget).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113466 question first answered 22/11/2017 07:44:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

773250

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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 steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths from illegal drug use.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	108449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) led an inquiry last year into the recent rises in drug-related deaths in England. The report concluded that the reasons behind the increase in drug-related deaths are multiple and complex.</p><p> </p><p>Since then PHE has issued advice on providing naloxone (the antidote to heroin overdose), published updated clinical guidelines for drug treatment and worked with a network of treatment providers to establish good practice guidance on managing drug-related death risk factors and improving partnership between treatment providers and other healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also established a new Public Health Outcomes Framework indicator on drug-related deaths to enable local areas benchmark their performance against others.</p><p> </p><p>PHE continues to work with local authorities, providing advice and guidance to support their work in reducing drug-related deaths. This includes improving drug-related death review processes and increasing the number of people with drug problems who are in drug treatment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/10/2017 15:06:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

760108

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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 discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on making drugs policy a responsibility of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the 2017 Drugs Strategy, the complexity and pervasiveness of drug misuse and the harms it causes means that no one department can tackle it alone. The Home Office remains the lead department for policy on drugs and implementation of the Strategy working closely with the Department of Health, Ministry of Justice and other interested Government Departments and agencies, and there are no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/10/2017 12:51:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

748208

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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, why expenditure on adult drug misuse services in England has fallen by over £42 million since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed £16 billion in funding to local councils over the current five year spending review period to tackle public health issues. Any decisions on commission of effective drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services are the responsibility of local authorities based on an assessment of local need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 2783 question first answered 11/07/2017 09:49:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan