The Drug Strategy Board was established in December 2017 to oversee delivery of the Drug Strategy and drive action across Government and our partners.<\/p>
The Board\u2019s members are: the Home Secretary (chair); the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability; the Secretary of State for Education; the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; the Secretary of State for Justice; the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government; the Minister for the Cabinet Office; the Chief Secretary to the Treasury; the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; the Director of Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco at Public Health England; the National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council\u2019s Lead for Drugs; the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners\u2019 Lead for Alcohol and Substance Misuse; and the National Crime Agency.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-19T16:58:32.853Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Drug Strategy Board: Membership"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of the members of the Drug Strategy Board.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ronnie Cowan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Inverclyde"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ronnie Cowan"} ], "uin" : "189740"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1000306", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1000306/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Data is publicly available on the volume of drug seizures by the Border Force in the publication https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017<\/a> - see Summary Table 2 of the data tables provided. The latest statistics for 2017/18 were published on 8th November 2018. This publication captures seizures made in England and Wales only. Consolidated data for the UK is not available for the last ten years, but is available from 2011/12 onwards in the publications. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018<\/a><\/p> Information on the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years is not held by the Home Office.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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