Question follow-through · 107699

Drugs: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle the use of Royal Mail to transport illegal drugs into the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 22 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 26 Jan 2026
Answer: 29 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle the use of Royal Mail to transport illegal drugs into the UK.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Illegal drugs have a devastating impact on the health of individuals and communities. Deaths relating to drug misuse in England and Wales rose to 3,736 in 2024, with a total annual cost to society of over £20 billion.The Home Office and operational partne...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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