WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 4300

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) anabolic steroid and (b) image and performance enhancing drugs use in prisons.

answeredMinistry of Justice

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Justice and policing

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) anabolic steroid and (b) image and performance enhancing drugs use in prisons.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Prisons in England and Wales have a range of specialist staff and equipment to tackle the smuggling of contraband into prisons, including drugs. We have invested over £40 million into new physical security measures to clamp down on the contraband that fue...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Marriage: Relatives

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to WPQ 12787 answered on 11 November 2024 on Marriage: Relatives, what recent progress he has made on considering [i] marriage law and [ii] placing restrictions on marriages between first cousins.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Marriage: Relatives

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 12787 answered on 11 November 2024 about Marriage, Relatives, whether he has commissioned advice on whether placing restrictions on first cousin marriage would require changes to the Sexual Offenc

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Marriage: Relatives

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 16079 answered on 14 July 2026 about 'Marriage, Relatives,' if he will publish the evidence that the number of first cousins choosing to marry in England is declining.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Marriage: Relatives

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent conversations he has had with health bodies on the increased risk of congenital birth defects to children whose parents are first cousins.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Marriage: Relatives

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce measures to progress changes to the Marriage Act 1949 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to place restrictions on first cousin marriage.