Question follow-through · 83398

Drugs: Ketamine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the 10-Year Drugs Plan to reflect (a) the increase in ketamine use and (b) other changes in the drugs landscape.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
22 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the 10-Year Drugs Plan to reflect (a) the increase in ketamine use and (b) other changes in the drugs landscape.

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Ketamine is a dangerous substance, which can cause irreversible bladder damage and in some cases death. Ministers are very concerned about the harms ketamine causes and on 16 October 2025 the Department for Health and Social Care launched a campaign to al...

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