Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18612
Nitrous Oxide
Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the prevalence of the sale and misuse of nitrous oxide canisters since the introduction of the ban under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and if she will publish
Answer
Sarah JonesData on the prevalence of misuse of nitrous oxide is published by the Office for National Statistics, through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025, 0.5% of 16- to 59-year-olds in England and Wales reported using nitrous ox...
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