Nitrous Oxide
Commons · Question 18612 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the prevalence of the sale and misuse of nitrous oxide canisters since the introduction of the ban under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and if she will publish
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Jul 2026
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...