Question follow-through · 43209
Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the (a) categorisation of nitrous oxide as a Class C drug and (b) the potential impacts this categorisation has on le
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the (a) categorisation of nitrous oxide as a Class C drug and (b) the potential impacts this categorisation has on le
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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7 Apr 2025
Answer published
Nitrous oxide was controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in November 2023. At the same time the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 were amended to regulate its lawful use in healthcare, catering and other sectors. In the year to Mar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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