Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69331
Drugs: Anti-social Behaviour
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the penalties for antisocial drug smoking.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe maximum penalty for possession of a Class A drug is up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to five years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.