Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders who have been found guilty at all courts for (a) the supply of drugs, (b) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (c) importation of drugs and (d) drug production in each year since 2010.

The Ministry of Justice holds data on individuals convicted of drug offences on a principal offence, principal disposal basis, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed in Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022.

Information on the number of individuals convicted of drug offences at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and filtering for the desired offences in the offence and HO offence code field.