Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to extend the Ask for Ani scheme to more venues.
There are currently more than 2,600 pharmacies participating in the Ask for ANI codeword scheme. We maintain an on-going sign-up process, which is open to all pharmacies so that more can join the scheme, and we are seeing more pharmacies sign-up each week.
We are evaluating the impact of this scheme and expect early findings in the Spring. Using the evidence collected we will explore options for further expansion of the scheme into other settings.