HC Deb 03 April 2001 vol 366 c141W
Mrs. Brinton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evaluation he has made of the research cited in the Home Office publication, 'Reducing Drug-Related Deaths', concerning the number of drug-related deaths in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. [156789]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Government are determined to reduce the number of drug-related deaths in this country, and have studied the report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs carefully. The Government's response to this report, which was published on 30 March 2001, sets out the significant steps we have taken to tackle the problem. As part of the anti-drugs strategy, the Government will produce an action plan to reduce drug misuse-related deaths by 20 per cent. by 2004. The action plan should be published in the summer.