Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18613

Nitrous Oxide

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) charges, (c) cautions and (d) convictions relating to the unlawful possession, supply or production of nitrous oxide have been recorded since the substance became a Class C d

Answer

Sarah Jones
Data 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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