Question follow-through · 10037

Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received custodial sentences for personal possession of cannabis excluding people imprisoned for intent to supply, production, or importation in each of the last ten years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 21 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 24 Oct 2024
Answer: 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received custodial sentences for personal possession of cannabis excluding people imprisoned for intent to supply, production, or importation in each of the last ten years.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders who received custodial sentences for possession of cannabis in the Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2023.This can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Sentence Outcomes’ tab and using the ‘S...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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