Question follow-through · 7451

Ketamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) reduce and (b) prevent the use of ketamine by (i) people under the age of 25 and (ii) other people.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 7 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 9 Oct 2024
Answer: 15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline

7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) reduce and (b) prevent the use of ketamine by (i) people under the age of 25 and (ii) other people.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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15 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department takes seriously the threat of ketamine and other drugs to our young people, and is working with partners across the Government to respond to existing and new drug threats and to reduce and prevent the health harms. We know that drug treatme...

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