Question follow-through · 69832

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of harm reduction policies on levels of drug-related crime.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of harm reduction policies on levels of drug-related crime.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is determined to tackle drug harms and drug-driven crime. This includes investment in drug treatment and wider healthcare services, support for those recovering from drug dependence, enforcement to tackle drugs supply overseas, at the borde...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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