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Sarwar, Mohammad (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on needle exchange schemes for drug addicts. - Including figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on needle exchange schemes for drug addicts. - Including figures.
Asked by
Mohammad Sarwar
(Labour)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 July 2003
For answer on
10 July 2003
Answered on
10 July 2003
Mr. Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on needle exchange schemes for drug addicts.
[123480]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The United Kingdom adopted harm minimisation strategies in the early 1990s as a preventive measure for
HIV/AIDS. Needle exchange schemes were developed as part of the strategy. Over 90 per cent. of primary care trusts in England have
needle exchange programmes and over 27 million needles and syringes are exchanged each year.
On international comparisons, we have been very successful in holding down levels of HIV/AIDS within the high-risk group of
injecting drug users.
Subjects
Drugs; Disease control; HIV/AIDS; Misuse; Syringes
Date
10 July 2003
Reference
123480; 408 c1013W;408 c1011W
House
House of Commons