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<p>The Joint Combating Drugs Unit is a cross-government unit responsible for driving,
co-ordinating and overseeing delivery of the Drug Strategy. It comprises full-time
civil servants who are seconded from key government departments.</p><p>The Drug Strategy
includes commitments owned by the six drug strategy departments (the Department of
Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Work and Pensions,
the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Department for Education
and the Home Office) to be delivered over the strategy’s 10-year timeframe.</p><p>The
Joint Combating Drugs Unit will monitor progress with these and as the Combating Drugs
Minister, a cross-government role with overarching accountability for delivery of
the ambitions and outcomes in the strategy, I will present an annual report to Parliament.
I will also work with the Senior Responsible Owners of local Combating Drugs Partnerships
to provide the appropriate support and challenge on local cross-system performance
while departments will retain oversight of their delivery partners and specific programmes.</p>
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