Written Question·Home Office·UIN 37154

Drugs: Young People

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of underage drug use across the UK.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
There are several surveys estimating the number of young drug users in the UK: According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, in the year ending March 2024, 16.5% of people aged 16-24 in England and Wales reported using a drug in the last 12 months ...
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