Question follow-through · 86956
Ketamine: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the prevalence of ketamine addiction among under 25s; what steps the Government is taking to address ketamine addiction among young people; and what tailore
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 7 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the prevalence of ketamine addiction among under 25s; what steps the Government is taking to address ketamine addiction among young people; and what tailore
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department takes seriously the risk of ketamine and other drugs to our young people and is working with partners from across the Government to respond to existing and new drug threats and to reduce and prevent the health harms.Ketamine use among child...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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