Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she is monitoring deaths from synthetic drugs.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has a longstanding surveillance system in place to collect information on the nature and location of novel drug use and drug markets, and receives reports alerting us to harms experienced. Work is ongoing to improve drug surveillance on synthetic opioids, through development of an early warning system which will include new data feeds, such as ambulance call-out data.
For surveillance purposes, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities reconciles local and regional reports received via our drug alerts system, with police force reports received by the National Crime Agency, to arrive at an agreed figure for recent nitazene deaths. Statistics on the number of deaths related to other synthetic drugs are reported by the Office for National Statistics, and will be published in its annual report on the number of deaths related to drug poisoning.
Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capping existing ground rents (a) to a peppercorn, (b) to £250 per annum and (c) in another way on the operation of (i) pension funds and (ii) financial markets.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government’s consultation on restricting ground rents for existing leases ran from 8 December to 17 January.
Whilst we will publish a full response shortly, we can confirm that the general response to the consultation has confirmed that ground rents represent, at most, a small percentage of total UK pension assets. In addition, no substantive evidence has been provided within the consultation that suggests that there is a systemic risk to the operation of pension funds or the financial markets. Even the sector itself, in its so-called “option 6” alternative, has recognised the necessity of reform in this policy area.
Having concluded the consultation and reviewed the responses provided, we intend to set out the future proposed approach in this policy area shortly.
Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of capping ground rent to (a) a peppercorn and (b) £250 on the returns of UK pension funds.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government’s consultation on restricting ground rents for existing leases ran from 8 December to 17 January.
Whilst we will publish a full response shortly, we can confirm that the general response to the consultation has confirmed that ground rents represent, at most, a small percentage of total UK pension assets. In addition, no substantive evidence has been provided within the consultation that suggests that there is a systemic risk to the operation of pension funds or the financial markets. Even the sector itself, in its so-called “option 6” alternative, has recognised the necessity of reform in this policy area.
Having concluded the consultation and reviewed the responses provided, we intend to set out the future proposed approach in this policy area shortly.
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