To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for possession of (a) psilocybin, (b) psilocin and (c) magic mushrooms in each of the last five years. (180683)
Tabled on: 14 April 2023
Answer:
Chris Philp:
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on arrests in England and Wales, available here: Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2022 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
However, this data is collected by wider offence group, e.g. “drug offences”, therefore data on arrests for more specific drug offences is not available.
The answer was submitted on 24 Apr 2023 at 12:07.
Ronnie Cowan MP 