Written questions

Reoffenders: Cannabis

Commons · Question 10038 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were convicted for simple cannabis possession were also convicted for another offence by the category of that other offence in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 24 Oct 2024

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the total number of convictions for possession of cannabis on all-offence basis in the All-offence prosecutions and convictions data tool.A breakdown on how many offenders convicted for possession of cannabis were...