Written questions

Greater Manchester Police: Naloxone

Commons · Question 65396 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

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

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 21 Jul 2025

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...