Question follow-through · 105603

Ketamine: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying Ketamine from a Class B to Class A drug.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
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 the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying Ketamine from a Class B to Class A drug.

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

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

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