Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has revised the timetable for responding to the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Ketamine: an updated review of use and harms, published on 28 January 2026.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’) published its review of the use and harms of ketamine on 28 January. The report provides a detailed assessment of the evidence on harms and trends in use and includes 15 recommendations.

Ministers have been considering the recommendations carefully and will respond to the report as soon as possible. In advance of that, in October 2025 the Department for Health and Social Care launched a campaign to raise awareness among young people about the dangers of ketamine misuse, and law enforcement is taking action against the threat from criminal gangs supplying the drug.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy following the recent Curriculum and Assessment Review to include the British Empire and colonialism as statutory content in Key Stage 3 History.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The key stage 3 history curriculum includes the statutory theme, “ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901” through which pupils may study the British empire and colonialism. The flexibility of the history curriculum also allows schools to teach these topics, where relevant, across the 3 key stages.

As we reform the curriculum following the Curriculum and Assessment Review, we are clear that all pupils should develop a robust understanding of our nation’s history.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new Respect Orders introduced in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 on anti-social noise in the vicinity of war memorials.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Respect Orders provide the police and other relevant agencies with a stronger tool to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour. Courts will be able to impose prohibitions or positive requirements on adults who have engaged in, or threatened to engage in, anti-social behaviour, where necessary to prevent further such behaviour. This could include persistent anti-social noise where the statutory tests are met, including in the vicinity of war memorials.

Respect Orders will be available to relevant agencies on 26 October. The Government is developing a monitoring and evaluation approach with analysts and delivery partners to assess how Respect Orders are used and their impact on victims and communities. This will draw on operational data and wider measures of implementation and effectiveness to inform future policy.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 also provides specific protections for specified war memorials and other significant memorials, including a new offence of climbing on them.

Found: Darren Jones Oral Evidence

Found: Darren Jones MP Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (from 1 September 2025), Chancellor of the Duchy

Found: Darren Jones MP Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (from 1 September 2025), Chancellor of the Duchy

Found: Darren Jones MP Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (from 1 September 2025), Chancellor of the Duchy