Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 37289

Cannabis: Sentencing

Tabled: 11 March 2025

Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of imprisonment due to cannabis-related offences.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

As at 31 December 2024, the number of prisoners with cannabis-related offences recorded as their main offence was 1,073. This figure only includes cases where a cannabis offence (offence which directly involves and specifies cannabis) was recorded as the ...

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