Drugs: Stop and Search
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of stop and searches resulted in the seizure of (a) Class A drugs and (b) Class B drugs in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The data requested is not held centrally.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of stop and searches for drugs. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UK
However, data on the class of drug searched for is not collected, nor is information on the type of drugs seized following a stop and search.
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