Written Question·Home Office·UIN 191686

Cannabis: Decriminalisation

Tabled: 28 June 2023

Answered: 6 July 2023

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of decriminalising cannabis (a) possession, (b) supply and (c) manufacture on the prison population.

Answer

Chris Philp

No assessment has been made. The Government has no plans to decriminalise cannabis.