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	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: 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 help reduce the recreational use of nitrous oxide by young people.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced powers, such as Public Space Protection Orders, which the police and local councils can use to prevent people from taking intoxicating substances, including psychoactive substances such as nitrous oxide, in specified areas.</p><p>On 3 September, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide, including whether it should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and provides a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes. The Government will consider the ACMD’s advice carefully before deciding how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2022 16:10:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 1698 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

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	registered interest
	date	10/12/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: DNA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether DNA samples are routinely taken from all police officers; and for how long DNA samples taken from police officers are retained.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	90942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>It is currently a condition of employment that all police officers who could be in a position to contaminate any crime scene, suspect or victim, or material recovered from them, to provide a sample of DNA for analysis as part of their terms of employment.</p><p>DNA samples taken from police officers are destroyed within 6 months of the date taken. The profiles derived from the DNA samples can be searched on the Contamination Elimination Database for 12 months after the individual has left employment. This is for the purpose of identifying any historical contamination events.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/12/2021 15:53:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby