Question follow-through · 20018
Synthetic Opioids Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Minister in her Department has chaired a meeting of the synthetic opioids taskforce; and how many times that taskforce has met since 5 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Minister in her Department has chaired a meeting of the synthetic opioids taskforce; and how many times that taskforce has met since 5 July 2024.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2024
Answer published
Ministers are prioritising the risk of synthetic opioids as part of the wider long-term drug strategy. The Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is chaired by the Director General of the Public Safety Group at the Home Office on behalf of the Minister. The Taskforc...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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