Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the Intelligence Security Committee for the current Parliament to be formally reconstituted; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Damian Green
The Intelligence and Security Committee has been appointed following the approval of motions in both Houses of Parliament.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department received a copy of the publication entitled, An evaluation of the Government's Drug Strategy 2010, prior to publishing that evaluation on its website.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The publication entitled ‘An evaluation of the Government's Drug Strategy 2010’ was produced by Home Office officials and was finalised in June 2017.
This report fed into the development of the 2017 Drug Strategy, so they were therefore published together on the Home Office website in July 2017.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, which representatives of which companies accompanied her on her visit to Japan from 30 August to 1 September 2017.
Answered by Theresa May
Details of my visit to Japan including those who accompanied me on the visit can be found in the press release issued on 30 August and which is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-heads-to-japan-to-build-strong-post-brexit-relationship-with-toyko
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who died as a result of drug misuse in 2015 (a) were serving and (b) had previously served prison sentences in the UK.
Answered by David Lidington
It has not been possible to answer this question in the time allowed. I will write to the honourable member in due course.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the lessons learned investigation across Whitehall co-ordinated by the National Security Adviser to report.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Government has received the report of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Iraq Inquiry, and will be responding in due course, setting out the lessons learned.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for UK drugs policy of the Canadian Government's proposals to change the law relating to illegal drugs in that country.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Government is aware of decriminalisation approaches being taken overseas. The Government has no intention of decriminalising drugs. Drugs are illegal because evidence has shown they are harmful to human health and are associated with much wider societal harms including family breakdown, poverty, crime and anti-social behaviour.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 on levels of use of legal highs.
Answered by Sarah Newton
On 14 July the Home Office published The Psychoactive Substances Act Review Framework which set out the Government’s plans to measure as far as possible any change in activity before and after the implementation of the Psychoactive Substances Act.
As part of this work, the Government is monitoring use of psychoactive substances through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The forthcoming publication (27 July) Drugs misuse: findings from the 2016/17 Crime Survey for England and Wales will provide the latest data on use of psychoactive substances in England and Wales.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 982, for what reason the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill makes no reference to powers set to be devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill establishes a transitional arrangement that replicates current EU frameworks in UK law, referred to as retained EU law. The Government is now beginning intensive discussions with the devolved administrations about where common frameworks are needed in the areas covered by the transitional arrangement. Where frameworks are not needed, the Bill provides a mechanism for passing powers to the devolved nations.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, what the consent and authorisation rate was in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the 2016-17 financial year.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is set out in the table below. Further information can be found in NHS Blood and Transplant’s Annual Activity Report for 2016/17, which was published on 11 July:
http://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/
Consent/authorisation rates for 2016/17 by nation
England 63%
Wales 64%
Scotland 63%
Northern Ireland 64%
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, what the total cost of the UK Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy has been to date.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The United Kingdom-wide ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy (2013)’ aims to optimise every part of the organ donation system in order to maximise the opportunities to save and transform lives, and builds on the significant progress that NHS Blood and Transplant and the National Health Service have made since the Organ Donation Task Force’s recommendations in 2008. As such, we are unable to provide the information in the form requested. The available information is shown in the table below and sets out the total amount of funding provided to NHS Blood and Transplant by the Department and the devolved administrations since the launch of the Strategy.
United Kingdom | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
£ millions | £ millions | £ millions | £ millions | £ millions | £ millions | |
Total | 62.93 | 64.20 | 65.51 | 73.90 | 73.90 | 73.90 |