Question follow-through · 123779
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for an application for a controlled drug licence to be decided.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for an application for a controlled drug licence to be decided.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Home Office Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU) considers applications for premises and company specific controlled drug licences. All applications are considered individually and on their merits, after undertaking a physical site visit- if one is...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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