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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: Stronger protections for stalking and harassment victims
Document: updated statutory guidance (PDF)

Found: where an investigation has not yet commenced; and • there is a belief the victim is at risk of harm

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: Stephen Lawrence Day: we need to recognise the drivers for disparity
Document: HM Inspectorate of Probation (2021) found that (PDF)

Found: of the challenges they faced and the risks associated with their safety and wellbeing and risk of harm

Scottish Government Publication (Advice and guidance)
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
Document: Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027 (PDF)

Found: essential to optimise treatment outcomes and achieve the best care for the individual, while minimising harm

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: The six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023. 37p.
Document: Six-Monthly_Report_on_Hong_Kong_July_to_December_2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: We will not tolerate any attempt by any foreign power to intimidate, harass, or harm individuals in

Written Question
Drugs: Lancashire
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of drug offences in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Reducing drug-related crime is a key priority of the Government’s 10-year drugs strategy.

We are making good progress. Since April 2022 we have closed over 2,500 county lines and delivered over 6,000 major and moderate organised crime group disruptions.

We are also investing £532m into drug treatment which reduces crime and reoffending. There are now 24,500 more people in treatment across England, including increases in Lancashire.

We are targeting treatment referrals at offenders. The percentage of prison leavers continuing treatment after release has also risen to a record high of 52% - an increase of 10% in the last 12 months.

We are working with the National Police Chiefs Council to increase police referrals into drug treatment, as well as expanding Drug Testing on Arrest to identify those who use drugs. This builds on £2.1 million funding to deliver Project ADDER – a co-ordinated approach across policing and treatment to crack down on supply and support people tackle their addiction – in 13 hard hit areas including Lancashire.

The government has asked every area in England to form a Combating Drugs Partnership (CDP) to work together to reduce drug-related harm and crime. Preston is covered by the Lancashire CDP, and the Government has supported the establishment of the Pan Lancashire Drugs and Alcohol Alliance, to help coordinate work across Lancashire’s three CDPs.

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
A report on the Stage 1 scrutiny of the general principles of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament.
 Stage 1 report on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

Report Apr. 22 2024

Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Found: of the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery , Health and Social Care and matters relating to drugs and alcohol

Select Committee
Sixth Special - Gambling regulation: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report

Special Report Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: hope that local authorities will benefit from CIAs, in part because they are familiar with them from alcohol

Select Committee
Portman Group
 PHS0624 - Prevention in health and social care

Written Evidence Apr. 19 2024

Inquiry: Prevention in health and social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: related harm. 2.With regards to our funding, we have always been transparent about that fact that

Select Committee
Action on Smoking and Health
 PHS0625 - Prevention in health and social care

Written Evidence Apr. 19 2024

Inquiry: Prevention in health and social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: set up by the Royal College of Physicians in 1971 to advocate for policy measures to reduce the harm

Select Committee
Twenty-Seventh Report - Government resilience: extreme weather

Report Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: This is heat that can harm healthy people as well as vulnerable people.