Question follow-through · 69583

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing supervised drug consumption facilities on (a) levels of drug-related harm and (b) public health.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing supervised drug consumption facilities on (a) levels of drug-related harm and (b) public health.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The government has no current plans to facilitate the implementation or regulation of drug consumption rooms.This government will continue to promote preventative public health measures and we are committed to ensuring that anyone with a drug problem can ...

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