Police: Naloxone

Home Office written question – answered at on 8 December 2025.

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Photo of Dr Caroline Johnson Dr Caroline Johnson Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces carry naloxone on the front line.

Photo of Sarah Jones Sarah Jones The Minister of State, Home Department

The Government is supportive of police carriage and administration of naloxone - a lifesaving medicine that reverses the effects of opioid overdose.

The latest available data on which police forces carry naloxone can be found here: Police carriage of naloxone - monitoring data - GOV.UK.

The NPCC and the Home Office are in ongoing dialogue with all police forces on this topic.

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