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1156407

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date	25/10/2019
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	Syringes
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 he is taking to introduce needle and syringe exchanges for drugs users.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Needle exchange and syringe services have played a vital role in harm reduction since the 1980s, reducing the number of drug-related deaths and blood-borne virus infections, particularly hepatitis C and HIV. They are commissioned by local authorities and are supported in this by Public Health England. The United Kingdom’s drug treatment clinical guidelines published in 2017 includes guidance on needle and syringe programmes and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673978/clinical_guidelines_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673978/clinical_guidelines_2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:46:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1156408

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that families whose loved ones are murdered abroad have access to interpreter and translation services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>In cases where an interpreter or translator is needed families are provided with a list of translators that are compiled by our British embassies, high commissions and consulates abroad. Although we are unable to recommend translators our aim is to provide British nationals with relevant information to make informed decisions. This list is also published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides funding to the Victim Support National Homicide Service who can also help families with translation of key documents where a murder or manslaughter occurred.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/10/2019 10:46:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1156409

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: 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 she is taking to introduce drug consumption rooms.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 17:01:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1156412

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
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	Sepsis: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whats steps he is taking to improve public awareness and understanding of sepsis.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of sepsis, through initiatives like Public Health England (PHE)’s national Start4life Information Service for Parents email programme, which targets parents of children under five-years-old; leaflets, posters and a content-rich social media toolkit for partners to use on their own channels are available for them to raise awareness at a community level. PHE has also worked in partnership with Mumsnet, a leading digital platform for parents, to raise awareness through editorial and social media promotion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 30/10/2019 12:38:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1156416

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of police stop and search powers in reducing knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Stop and search helps to seize deadly weapons from our streets and is a vital tool in the fight against violent crime. We fully support the police in their use of this power to tackle serious violence and protect our communities from harm. There were over 9,300 offensive weapons arrests in 2018-19, a 20% increase on the previous year, and the Metropolitan Police Service believe that the increased use of stop and search is helping cut serious injuries among under 25s.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 14:17:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham