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1713959

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Naloxone
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to place opioid-overdose reversal Naloxone alongside existing public access defibrillators.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working to expand access to naloxone, and to increase the availability of this life saving medicine. We will shortly update legislation to enable more services and individuals to provide take-home supplies of naloxone without a prescription. This follows a public consultation in which the responses were overwhelmingly supportive of our proposals. The consultation outcome is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposals-to-expand-access-to-take-home-naloxone-supplies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposals-to-expand-access-to-take-home-naloxone-supplies</a></p><p>These changes mean naloxone can be given to a family member or friend of a person who is known to be using opiates, and to professionals working with people who use these drugs, to save lives in the event of an overdose.</p><p>Whilst the government has no current plans to place naloxone alongside public access defibrillators, we are committed to making naloxone as accessible as possible to those who need it. We are therefore considering the feasibility and potential benefits of a range of options, including making naloxone available in locked boxes in public places.</p><p>We have also launched a £5 million fund to tackle drug deaths across the United Kingdom, which is funding research projects that are considering other innovative ways to make naloxone more readily available. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/5-million-fund-to-tackle-fatal-drug-deaths-across-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/5-million-fund-to-tackle-fatal-drug-deaths-across-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/05/2024 14:00:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31581 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713961

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Fentanyl and Nitazenes: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths involving (a) nitazenes and (b) fentanyls have been confirmed by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in 2024 as of 25 April.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring, and responding to, the continued threat posed by the growing levels of potent synthetic opioids in the United Kingdom. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities receives intelligence via its networks on reported deaths from drug misuse, including those that involve nitazenes or fentanyls. There have been 14 deaths confirmed to have involved nitazenes, and no deaths confirmed to have involved fentanyls in England in 2024, as of 25 April.</p><p>Statistics on the annual number of deaths related to drug poisoning, including those involving synthetic opioids, are reported by the Office for National Statistics, and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/05/2024 14:04:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31580 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713963

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Opioids: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to help prepare for potential increases in levels of synthetic opioid-related harms.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>We are highly alert to the emerging threat from the arrival of potent synthetic opioids in the United Kingdom. The Department is an active member of the cross-Government synthetic opioids taskforce, which was established in the Summer of 2023, to develop mitigations to the synthetic opioids threat.</p><p>In July 2023, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities issued a National Patient Safety Alert, which promoted awareness and provided clear instructions for staff in health settings across the country, to ensure they are prepared for anyone that may present with an overdose caused by synthetic opioids.</p><p>We are developing an early warning system to improve drug surveillance on synthetic opioids, and are also expanding access to naloxone, a lifesaving medicine that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, so that more professionals and services can give out take-home supplies.</p><p>We are engaging on this issue internationally via the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and are playing an active role in the United States-convened Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/04/2024 21:22:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31579 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1699992

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Director General of the Road Transport Group in his Department is responsible for co-ordinating Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Directors General across the Department are responsible for looking at transport in an integrated way and from the perspective of the places and public they serve, with each Director General having cross-cutting responsibilities. The unit that provides a central co-ordinating function across the many projects and policy areas included within Network North reports to the Director General of the Road Transport Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/04/2024 10:48:48 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1699993

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Forecasts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last (a) reviewed the evidence base underpinning its demand forecasts and (b) update its forecasts of travel demand across modes as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	20976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We review evidence underpinning our transport demand forecasts across modes regularly and publish forecasts every few years, consistent with the proportionate update process in the Transport Analysis Guidance. Projections of travel demand across modes were last published in 2022 which included, for the first time, a set of Common Analytical Scenarios to illustrate the impact of different plausible futures on demand. The projections are available online, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tempro-downloads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tempro-downloads</a>. The Department will publish an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 22/04/2024 08:50:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713585

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the police have due regard to protecting the freedom of journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity when implementing powers under the National Security Act 2023 relating to activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23459 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713586

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
	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 guidance his Department issues to the police on the implementation of powers under the National Security Act 2023 with regard to protecting journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23458 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713960

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	WEDINOS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) expansion and (b) potential roll-out across the UK of the WEDINOS laboratory drug-testing service.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the benefits of drug testing services but it recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of them. The Government facilitates drug testing services provided that the possession and supply of controlled drugs are licensed by the Home Office Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit or, exceptionally, relevant exemptions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 may apply.</p><p>Ministers are clear that drug testing services must not condone drug use and should only be delivered where licensed and operated responsibly, in line with Government policy to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:11:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713962

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Opioids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of synthetic opioids; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of (a) related crises and (b) governmental responses in (i) the USA and (ii) Canada.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Tackling Class A drugs, including synthetic opioids, is a priority for the Government due to the harm caused to users, society and the economy.</p><p>We assess that the scale of trafficking of synthetic opioids into the UK remains low, including relative to countries like the USA and Canada where they have caused devastation. Sadly, nitazenes have been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.</p><p>The cross-Government Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is working with partners, such as the NCA, the Department for Health and Social Care and the National Police Chiefs Council to deliver an evidence-based response to the risk posed by synthetic opioids, and to implement effective action to stem the demand and supply of these dangerous substances.</p><p>We regularly meet bilaterally with our partners in the USA and Canada to understand the tragic situation in North America and to learn from their responses. We are key members of the US-led Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats, and I recently attended the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to meet with and learn from partners across the world.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:12:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713964

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Synthetic Cannabinoids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the detection of and (b) testing methods for synthetic cannabinoids in the prison estate; and what steps he is taking to improve effectiveness in these areas.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>All prisons have a zero-tolerance approach to drugs, and we are highly aware of the threat synthetic drugs present. In response, HMPPS has developed capabilities to drug test prisoners who are suspected to have used, or are at risk of using, these dangerous substances. In addition, all prisons have been provided with access to forensic testing of items seized or found within the estate.</p><p> </p><p>Our drug testing contract enables us to deliver key commitments in the cross-Government drug strategy such as: testing of offenders who receive a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement, the pilot of Intensive Supervision Courts, and increased flexibility to test for a broader range of drugs.</p><p> </p><p>Our £100 million Security Investment Programme, aimed at reducing crime in prisons, including reducing the conveyance of illicit items such as drugs, was completed in March 2022. This investment delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners, resulting in full coverage across the closed adult male estate. Under this programme, all public sector sites have also been provided with next-generation drug trace detection machines. This technology enables prisons to detect attempts to convey drugs, including synthetic cannabinoids, into prisons. The equipment is effective in identifying synthetic cannabinoids that have been soaked onto letters, clothing and other items.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/05/2024 11:21:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris