Written Question·Home Office·UIN 20018

Synthetic Opioids Taskforce

Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Chris Philp

ConservativeCroydon South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Minister in her Department has chaired a meeting of the synthetic opioids taskforce; and how many times that taskforce has met since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Ministers are prioritising the risk of synthetic opioids as part of the wider long-term drug strategy. The Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is chaired by the Director General of the Public Safety Group at the Home Office on behalf of the Minister. The Taskforc...

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