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Cannabis: Crime

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 March 2025UIN 37288

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of policing cannabis-related offences.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

It is not possible from the available data to separate out the costs of policing these particular offences from other policing responsibilities, including in relation to other controlled substances.

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