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Drugs: Death

Asked by Pete WishartScottish National PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 78015

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government was first advised by the Office for National Statistics that the information provided by coroners on death registrations relating to drug deaths could lack detail on the specific drugs involv

Answered by Josh Simons

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th October is attached.

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