Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 105354

Drugs: Convictions

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Mohammad Yasin

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted last year for simple possession of controlled drugs; and how many of those had a recorded drug dependency.

Answer

Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences including drug possession offences in England and Wales within the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page ...

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