§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits have been made by Home Office(a) officials and (b) Ministers to France to look at drug treatment regimes in the last five years. [121224]
§ Caroline FlintThe Home Office became responsible for the UK National Drugs Strategy in June 2001. No Home Office Minister or official has been to France to look at drug treatment regimes since that time. However Home Office Ministers are familiar with drugs policies and practice in France through frequent contact with colleagues there and through advice from officials and others who keep in close touch with developments.