Drugs: Crime
(asked on 18th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of drug offences in each of the last three years in England.
This question was answered on 26th July 2022
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders convicted, for the years 2017 to 2021, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool 2021 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).
In the Outcomes by Offence data tool:
- Select the ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ worksheet.
- Filter by Offence group and select ‘06: Drug offences’.
- For figures in England, filter by Police Force Area excluding the following areas:
o North Wales
o Gwent
o South Wales
o Dyfed-Powys
The number of offenders convicted for drug offences will populate row 25.