Question follow-through · 63129
Drugs: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children aged between 12 and 16 years inclusive that have taken illegal drugs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children aged between 12 and 16 years inclusive that have taken illegal drugs.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
There are two official national surveys on illicit drug use among children. NHS England’s Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People surveys pupils aged between 11 and 15 years old in England. In 2023, 13% of pupils reported that they had taken dru...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Services: Pay
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Kidney Diseases: Health Services
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Kidney Diseases: Health Services
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Dialysis Machines
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Doctors: Training
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Mental Health Services
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