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347042

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date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Orgreave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on an inquiry into the events of Orgreave in 1984; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any recent representations. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed an assessment of matters arising from the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984 and made decisions about whether any matters should be investigated. Having considered legal advice, the IPCC has decided not to publish the decision at this stage. As the IPCC is an independent organisation the Government has no control or influence over the date of publication of its findings. It would be premature to decide whether any further investigation is necessary in advance of publication of the IPCC’s decision.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 180 question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347044

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Orgreave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for an inquiry into the events of Orgreave in 1984.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any recent representations. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed an assessment of matters arising from the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984 and made decisions about whether any matters should be investigated. Having considered legal advice, the IPCC has decided not to publish the decision at this stage. As the IPCC is an independent organisation the Government has no control or influence over the date of publication of its findings. It would be premature to decide whether any further investigation is necessary in advance of publication of the IPCC’s decision.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 179 question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347130

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new psychoactive substances have been identified by the Forensic Early Warning System in each month since its was introduced; and how many of these substances have subsequently been (a) classified under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and (b) subject to a temporary banning order.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords on 28 May. This provides for a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of new psychoactive substances (NPS), to protect young people from exposure to these new drugs. The Home Office Forensic Early Warning System (FEWS) was set up in January 2011 to bolster national capacity to identify NPS available in the UK. It brings together expertise from forensic laboratories and chemical standard suppliers, UK-wide law enforcement agencies and experts in the field. The system continues to develop a co-ordinated UK-wide approach to laboratory testing and analysis of law enforcement seizures and test purchasing to identify these substances. The number of NPS not previously encountered either in the UK or at EU level, identified by FEWS from January 2011 until March 2014, is not recorded on a monthly basis. The annual figures are set out in the answer to your question of 26 February (PQ 225633). Analysis for 2014/15 will be published in due course. Twenty-two new substances identified under the system up to March 2014 are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, of which one is currently controlled under a temporary class drug order. FEWS continues to enable us to effectively assess the availability of NPS and take appropriate action.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 270 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:46:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347158

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
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 has taken to increase awareness of new psychoactive substances and their dangers in the last five years; and what the cost of such work has been.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>To increase awareness of the risks of new psychoactive substances (NPS), the Government has recently introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill, which will bring in a blanket ban of NPS by prohibiting and disrupting production, distribution, sale and supply in the UK. The Bill will give police and other law enforcement agencies greater powers to tackle the trade in NPS, targeting suppliers who profit from their sale with complete disregard for the potential risks and consequences. The Home Office ran two advertising campaigns in 2013 and 2014 targeted at young people, with the objective to raise awareness of the dangers of NPS and signpost the FRANK website for further information and advice. In March 2015, we published a resource pack, written in partnership with front line practitioners, to enable those working with young people to have conversations with NPS users and challenge their drug use by raising awareness of the risks and consequences. Total spend on this NPS communications activity in 2013 to 2015 was £180,556. From 2010 to 2013, the Home Office ran a national campaign raising awareness of FRANK, the national drug information and advice service. The FRANK website contains information about the dangers of NPS. Every year since 2009, Ministers have written to approximately 50 festival organisers highlighting NPS dangers and calling on them to adopt a ‘no-legal highs’ policy for their festivals</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/06/2015 16:07:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347160

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities and resources her Department has to assess the chemical content of suspected new psychoactive substances that are identified in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords on 28 May. This provides for a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of new psychoactive substances (NPS), to protect young people from exposure to these new drugs. The Home Office Forensic Early Warning System (FEWS) was set up in January 2011 to bolster national capacity to identify NPS available in the UK. It brings together expertise from forensic laboratories and chemical standard suppliers, UK-wide law enforcement agencies and experts in the field. The system continues to develop a co-ordinated UK-wide approach to laboratory testing and analysis of law enforcement seizures and test purchasing to identify these substances. The number of NPS not previously encountered either in the UK or at EU level, identified by FEWS from January 2011 until March 2014, is not recorded on a monthly basis. The annual figures are set out in the answer to your question of 26 February (PQ 225633). Analysis for 2014/15 will be published in due course. Twenty-two new substances identified under the system up to March 2014 are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, of which one is currently controlled under a temporary class drug order. FEWS continues to enable us to effectively assess the availability of NPS and take appropriate action.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 278 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:46:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson