Question follow-through · 32614
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle county lines drug trafficking in (a) coastal communities and (b) Dorset.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle county lines drug trafficking in (a) coastal communities and (b) Dorset.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2025
Answer published
County lines is the most violent and exploitative model of drug distribution nationally, and a harmful form of Child Criminal Exploitation. We committed in our manifesto to go after the gangs who lure young people into violence and crime, and we will deli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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