Written Question·Home Office·UIN 65396

Greater Manchester Police: Naloxone

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will have discussions with Greater Manchester Police on the potential impact of not supplying naloxone to frontline officers on levels of drug-related deaths.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Naloxone is an important lifesaving medicine to respond to suspected opioid overdoses, when used alongside other first aid measures, and is mitigating the threat posed by synthetic opioids.Work has been ongoing for several years led by the National Police...

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