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Cocaine: Prison Sentences

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 90668

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been imprisoned for supplying cocaine in every year since 2010.

Answered by Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK.

The offences should be selected by using the HO offence code filter and selecting:

  • 09221 - Production of or being concerned in production of a controlled drug - class B (cannabis, including cannabis resin, cannabinol and cannabinol derivatives)

  • 09226 - Production or being concerned in production of a controlled drug - class C (cannabis, including cannabis resin, cannabinol and cannabinol derivatives) (historic)

  • 09241 - Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug - class B (cannabis, including cannabis resin, cannabinol and cannabinol derivatives)

  • 09246 - Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug - class C (cannabis, including cannabis resin, cannabinol and cannabinol derivatives) (historic)

  • 09230 - Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug - class A (cocaine)

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