Written Question·Home Office·UIN 88828

Cannabis: Licensing

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies have a licence to grow cannabis in the UK.

Answer

Sarah Jones
There are currently 102 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in Great Britain. The majority of these licences will be issued to farms. A small proportion of these licences will be issued to educational or research institutes....

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