Question follow-through · 33597
Drugs: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to prevent reoffending by people convicted of drug dealing.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to prevent reoffending by people convicted of drug dealing.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
We are tackling the causes of reoffending by investing in a range of interventions to address the underlying criminogenic needs of offenders (including those convicted of drug dealing). This includes accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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