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Steroid Drugs

Commons · Question 4773 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are used by his Department to monitor the prevalence of anabolic steroid and other image and performance enhancing drug use in England.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 30 Jun 2026

The Department collects data, through the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS), on the number of people in structured substance misuse treatment, including those reporting a problem with anabolic steroids and other image and performance enhan...