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Drugs: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted last year for simple possession of controlled drugs; and how many of those had a recorded drug dependency.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
15 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted last year for simple possession of controlled drugs; and how many of those had a recorded drug dependency.

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences including drug possession offences in England and Wales within the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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