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1134470

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect of the planned cessation of ring-fencing of the Public Health Grant in 2020 on the (a) quality of drug treatment and (b) rate of drug-related deaths.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	269034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths, which is largely caused by an ageing cohort of heroin users. We are supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths. In October, the Home Office announced that there would be a major independent review of drug misuse. This will look at a wide range of issues, including the system of support and enforcement around drug abuse, to better inform our thinking about what more can be done to tackle drug harms including deaths. The review will inform our thinking about what more can be done to mitigate the harm caused through drug use.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will receive £3.1 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health, including drug addiction. We are investing over £16 billion in local authority public health services over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020/21. Public health funding for 2020 onwards, including for addiction services, will be considered carefully in the next Spending Review, in the light of the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 269042 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:13:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1133888

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the change in the level of the Public Health Grant on the (a) quality of drug treatment services and (b) number of drug-related deaths in the 2015 to 2019 Spending Review period .
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	267731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths, which is largely caused by an ageing cohort of heroin users. We are supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths. In October, the Home Office announced that there would be a major independent review of drug misuse. This will look at a wide range of issues, including the system of support and enforcement around drug abuse, to better inform our thinking about what more can be done to tackle drug harms including deaths. The review shall inform our thinking about what more can be done to mitigate the harm caused through drug use.</p><p>Local authorities will receive £3.1 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health, including drug addiction. We are investing over £16 billion in local authority public health services over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020/21. Public health funding for 2020 onwards, including for addiction services, will be considered carefully in the next Spending Review, in the light of the available evidence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 267732 question first answered 26/06/2019 16:34:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1133889

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the change to the level of the Public Health Grant over the forthcoming 2019 Spending Review on the (a) quality of drug treatment services and (b) number of drug-related deaths.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	267732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths, which is largely caused by an ageing cohort of heroin users. We are supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths. In October, the Home Office announced that there would be a major independent review of drug misuse. This will look at a wide range of issues, including the system of support and enforcement around drug abuse, to better inform our thinking about what more can be done to tackle drug harms including deaths. The review shall inform our thinking about what more can be done to mitigate the harm caused through drug use.</p><p>Local authorities will receive £3.1 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health, including drug addiction. We are investing over £16 billion in local authority public health services over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020/21. Public health funding for 2020 onwards, including for addiction services, will be considered carefully in the next Spending Review, in the light of the available evidence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 267731 question first answered 26/06/2019 16:34:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

797445

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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 assessment her Department has made of (a) evidence and (b) recommendations regarding Drug Consumptions Rooms reported by the (i) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and (ii) Volteface report, entitled Back Yard.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	116408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce drug consumption rooms. A range of offences are likely to be committed in the operation of drug consumption rooms. It is for local police forces to enforce the law in such circumstances and, as with other offences of this type, we would expect them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has responded to the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on Opioid-related deaths. The Government response is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-and-dependency-government-responses-to-acmd-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-and-dependency-government-responses-to-acmd-reports</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/12/2017 17:23:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

755921

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	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 her Department will review the UK's drugs policy and take steps to evaluate the effectiveness of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently published an evaluation of the effectiveness and value for money of the activity provided by the previous Drug Strategy between 2010 and 2015. The evaluation assesses a range of outcomes of drug policy, including harms, drug-related deaths and community safety.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. We recently published a new Drug Strategy. This sets out a balanced approach which brings together police, health, community and global partners to tackle the illicit drug trade, protect the most vulnerable and help those with a drug dependency to recover and turn their lives around.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 7219 question first answered 12/09/2017 13:57:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

755922

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	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 assessment her Department has made on the effectiveness of its drugs policy on (a) reducing harm, (b) drug related deaths and (c) improving community safety.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently published an evaluation of the effectiveness and value for money of the activity provided by the previous Drug Strategy between 2010 and 2015. The evaluation assesses a range of outcomes of drug policy, including harms, drug-related deaths and community safety.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. We recently published a new Drug Strategy. This sets out a balanced approach which brings together police, health, community and global partners to tackle the illicit drug trade, protect the most vulnerable and help those with a drug dependency to recover and turn their lives around.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 7217 question first answered 12/09/2017 13:57:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

757121

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if the Government will transfer responsibility for UK drugs policy from the Home Office to the Department for Health.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with the Department for Health on matters relating to this area of policy.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 12/09/2017 14:22:19 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

754845

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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 she will make it a criminal offence for a landlord to fail to stop or remove a tenant found to be using illegal drugs in their property and then to take no action following the police notifying them that such is the case.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce such powers at the current time.</p><p>It is an offence for an occupier or person managing any premises to knowingly permit the production or attempted production and supply of a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. It is also an offence to prepare opium for smoking and to smoke cannabis, cannabis resin or prepared opium. The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced closure powers which allow the police and local councils to quickly close down premises which are causing nuisance or disorder. The 2014 Act also introduced the absolute ground for possession which makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants whose anti-social behaviour or criminality has been proven by another court.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:08:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris